Titus Minucius Vettius was a Roman Knight (''Eques'') who led a minor and unsuccessful slave revolt in
Campania
Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the i ...
in 104 BC. The revolt was quickly crushed by a Roman force led by
Lucius Licinius Lucullus. Upon the defeat of his army, Vettius committed suicide to avoid capture.
[Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Book 36, ch.2]
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2nd-century BC Romans
Suicides in Ancient Rome
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