Quintus Titurius Sabinus
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Quintus Titurius Sabinus (
. 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 in the country more than fifteen days before they were attacked by Ambiorix and Cativolcus. Sabinus, showing less resolve than Cotta and trusting himself under Ambiorix's guise of truce and safe passage, evacuated the camp under threat of German attack. As a result, he 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
- Suet. Caes. 25
- Livy EpiL 106
- Florus iii. 10
- Orosiusvi. 10
- Eutropius vi. 14
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