Gaius Pontius (fl. 321 BC), sometimes called Gavius Pontius, was a Samnite commander (clan Varry/Varriani) during the Second Samnite War. He is most well known for his victory over the Roman legions at the Battle of the Caudine Forks in 321 BC. He was eventually captured and executed by Fabius Rullianus.
GaiusPontius (fl. 321 BC), sometimes called Gavius Pontius, was a Samnite commander (clan Varry/Varriani) during the Second Samnite War. He is most well...
may refer to: Herennius Pontius (fl. c. 340 BC), Samnite statesman, father of GaiusPontius Marcus Herennius (consul 93 BC) Gaius Herennius (otherwise unknown)...
Pontius Pilate (Latin: Pontius Pilatus; Greek: Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος, romanized: Póntios Pilátos) was the fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea, serving...
Look up Pontius in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pontius may refer to: GaiusPontius, a Samnite general during the Second Samnite War Pontius Aquila...
religion and honor. According to Livy's account, the Samnite commander, GaiusPontius, hearing that the Roman army was located near Calatia, sent ten soldiers...
nomen, Pontius, is a patronymic surname derived from the Oscan praenomen Pontus or Pomptus, cognate with the Latin praenomen Quintus. Thus, Pontius is the...
Tullianum. These were "strikingly few" in number, and included the Samnite GaiusPontius, the Gaul Vercingetorix, some "Cilician" pirates, and the Galatian Adiatorix...
a yoke used for oxen in disgrace. According to Appian, Pontius used spears as a yoke: "Pontius opened a passage from the defile, and having fixed two...
Gaius accompanied his father, mother and siblings on campaign in Germania, at little more than four or five years old. He had been named after Gaius Julius...
World GaiusPontius ca. 320s BC Gellius Egnatius ca. 296 BC Gaius Papius Mutilus 90–89 with: Pontius Telesinus – Samnite commander to Papius Pontius Pilate...
Albinus and T. Verturius Calvinus are defeated by the Samnites under GaiusPontius. 316 BC – Battle of Lautulae – Romans are defeated by the Samnites....
forced to submit to the humiliating terms imposed by the Samnite victor, GaiusPontius. The captured consuls pledge themselves to a five-year treaty on terms...
the Colline Gate against the Roman general Sulla. Pontius Telesinus may be an ancestor of Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judaea who oversaw the...
house opposes the House of Shimon, son of Hillel. Pontius Pilate (Andrew James Allen) (season 3-4): Pontius Pilate is the Roman Prefect in Jerusalem and the...
during the Second Samnite War, 321 BCE, when the Samnite army under GaiusPontius encamped there, previous to the great disaster of the Romans in the...
Geminae optio centuria Censoris exs (...). Pontevedra, Spain. AE 1908, 147. - Gaius Iulius Primus miles veteranus legionis X Geminae / hic situs estsit tibi...
Calvinus, and with him marched against the Samnites and their commander GaiusPontius in the Second Samnite War. Postumius was defeated at the Battle of the...
with a paved floor, and a stone wall. GaiusPontius ca. 320s BC. Gellius Egnatius ca. 296 BC. Herenius Pontius, a Samnite philosopher. Brutulus Papius...
between the ribs) Pontius Aquila, former Pompeian Quintus Ligarius, former Pompeian Lucius Minucius Basilus, former Caesarian Gaius Cassius Parmensis...
Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius (c. 201 – June 251), known as Trajan Decius or simply Decius, was Roman emperor from 249 to 251. A distinguished...
treaties and affairs, to escort the ex-consuls to their fate. However, GaiusPontius, the Samnite commander who had defeated the consular army, refused to...
Postumius and T. Verturius Calvinus are defeated by the Samnites under GaiusPontius. Battle of the Hellespont (321 BC) Eumenes defeats and kills Craterus...
forced to submit to the humiliating terms imposed by the Samnite victor, GaiusPontius. The captured consuls pledge themselves to a five-year treaty on terms...
Temple at Jerusalem. He was a legate pro praetore under Claudius. Gaius Petronius Pontius Nigrinus, consul in AD 37, the year which saw the death of Tiberius...
Pomponius Secundus - consul Gavius Pontius - Samnite general Pontius Telesinus - praetor Pontius Pilatus - prefect of Judaea Gaius Popillius Laenas - consul Publius...
Rome, in a tomb built by her husband, Tiberius Claudius Attalus, and GaiusPontius Eutactus. Marcus Turrius M. l. Trypho, a freedman buried at Rome, along...
command of Titus Veturius Calvinus was trapped by the Samnite general GaiusPontius at the Caudine Forks, a pass in the Apennines between Calatia and Caudium...
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