Quintus Titurius Sabinus

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Quintus Titurius Sabinus, one of Caesar's legates during the Gallic Wars. He is first mentioned in Caesar's campaign against the Remi, in 57 BC, and in the following year he was sent by Caesar with three legions against the Venelli, Curiosolitae, and Lexovii (in Normandy), who were led by Viridovix. He gained a great victory over Viridovix's forces, and all the insurgent states submitted to his authority.

In 54 BC he and Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta were stationed for the winter in the territory of the Eburones with a legion and five cohorts. They had not been more than fifteen days in the country before they were attacked by Ambiorix and Cativolcus. Sabinus, showing less resolve than Cotta and trusting himself under Ambiorix's flag of truce, was massacred along with Cotta and all their troops.

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• Caes. B. G. ii. 5, iii. 11, 17—19, v. 24—37
• Dion Cass. xxxix. 45, xl. 5, 6
• Suet. Caes. 25
• Livy EpiL 106
• Florus iii. 10
• Orosius vi. 10
• Eutropius vi. 14

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1870).