Gaius Carrinas (praetor 82 BC)
Gaius Carrinas | |
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| Died | 1 November 82 BC Outside Marius and Carbo |
| Years of service | 83–82 BC |
| Rank | Praetor |
| Battles/wars | Sulla's civil war |
Gaius Carrinas (died November 82 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. He was one of the leading opponents of Sulla during the civil war of 83–82 BC, and suffered several defeats on the field against Sulla's lieutenants. He was executed following the Battle of the Colline Gate in November 82 BC.
Biography
The name 'Carrinas' is of Etruscan or Umbrian origin.[1] T. P. Wiseman suggests that Gaius Carrinas was a homo novus, the first of his family to enter Roman Senate, and that he received Roman citizenship as result of the Social War (91–87 BC).[2] Other historians have pointed out that Carrinas's voting tribe (probably the 'Quirina', perhaps the 'Collina') was not common to Etruria, and so he may have already been a citizen by that time.[3]
In 83 BC, when
After the consul Carbo had fled Italy, Carrinas joined his troops with those of the other remaining government generals on the field,
Carrinas had a son, also called Gaius Carrinas, who, owing to his father's opposition to Sulla, was legally barred from public life, but later rose to prominence in service to Julius Caesar and the Second Triumvirate.[6]
Endnotes
References
- ISBN 0-19-511460-4.
- Münzer, Friedrich (1899), "Carrinas 1", Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE, PW), volume 3, part 2, column 1612.
- S2CID 163115866.
- Syme, Ronald (1939). The Roman Revolution. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ISBN 978-0-472-11869-4.
- ISBN 0-19-814713-9.