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Lucius Hirtuleius
Died75 BC
AllegianceQuintus Sertorius
RankLegate
Battles/warsSertorian War

Lucius Hirtuleius was a legate of Quintus Sertorius during the Sertorian War, in which he fought from 80 BC until his death in 75 BC.[1] After the death of Julius Salinator, he was considered Sertorius's most trusted lieutenant, his second-in-command, and was often given independent commands. During the war he defeated the Roman governors Marcus Domitius Calvinus and Lucius Manlius.[2]

  1. ^ Spann, Quintus Sertorius and the Legacy of Sulla, pp. 72, 171; Philip Matyszak, Sertorius and the Struggle for Spain, pp 66, 79-81, 83--4, 100-101, 103, 117-108,162, 166-7.
  2. ^ Philip Matyszak, Sertorius and the Struggle for Spain, pp 80, 83.

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