See also:

• GAIUS

GAIUS FLAVIUS See also:

• GAIUS FLAVIUS FIMBRIA (d. 84 B.C.)

FIMBRIA (d. 84 B.C.)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman soldier and a violent See also:

• PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan of See also:

• MARIUS, GAIUS (r55–86 B.c.)

Marius . He was sent to See also:

• ASIA

Asia in 86 B.C. as See also:

• LEGATE (Lat. legatus, past part. of legare, to send as deputy)
• LEGATE, BARTHOLOMEW (c. 1575-1612)

legate to L . See also:

• VALERIUS, PUBLIUS

Valerius See also:

• FLACCUS

Flaccus, but quarrelled with him and was dismissed . Taking See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of Flaccus at See also:

• CHALCEDON
• CHALCEDON, COUNCIL OF

Chalcedon and the discontent aroused by his avarice and severity, See also:

• FIMBRIA, GAIUS FLAVIUS (d. 84 B.C.)

Fimbria stirred up a revolt and slew Flaccus at See also:

• NICOMEDIA [mod. Ismid]

Nicomedia . He then assumed the command of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and obtained several successes against See also:

• MITHRADATES

Mithradates, whom he shut up in Pitane on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• AEOLIS (AEOLIA)

Aeolis, and would undoubtedly have captured him had See also:

• LUCULLUS

Lucullus co-operated with the See also:

• FLEET

fleet . Fimbria treated most cruelly all the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Asia who had revolted from See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome or sided with See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla . Having gained See also:

• ADMISSION

admission to Ilium by declaring that, as a Roman, he was friendly, he massacred the inhabitants and burnt the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to the ground . But in 84 Sulla crossed over from See also:

• GREECE

Greece to Asia, made See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace with Mithradates, and turned his arms against Fimbria, who, seeing that there was no See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance of See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape, committed See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide . His troops were made to serve in Asia till the end of the third Mithradatic See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . See RoME: See also:

• HISTORY

History; and arts. on SULLA and MARIUS .