GAIUS SUETONIUS

See also:

• PAULINUS (d. 644)
• GAIUS SUETONIUS PAULINUS (1st century A.D.)

PAULINUS (1st

See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D.)  , Roman general . In 42, during the reign of Claudius, he put down a revolt in Mauretania, and was the first of the Romans to cross the Atlas range . He subsequently wrote an account of his experiences . From 59–62 he commanded in Britain, and, after a severe defeat, finally crushed the Iceni under Boadicea (Boudicca) . A complaint having been made to the emperor that he was needlessly protracting hostilities, he was recalled, but he was consul (for the second time) in 66 . During the civil war he fought on the side of Otho against Vitellius, and obtained a considerable success against Aulus Caecina Alienus (one of the Vitellian generals) near Cremona, but did not follow it up . When Caecina had been joined by Fabius Valens, Paulinus advised his colleagues not to risk a decisive battle, but his advice was disregarded, and Otho (q.v.) was utterly defeated at Bedriacum . After Vitellius had been proclaimed emperor, Paulinus asserted that it was in consequence of his own treachery that Otho's army had been defeated . Vitellius pretended to believe this, and eventually pardoned Paulinus, after which nothing further is heard of him . See Dio Cassius lxii . 7—12; Tacitus, Annals, xiv . 30-39, Histories, i .

87, 90, ii . 23-41, 44, 6o;

Pliny, Nat . Hist. v . 1; Plutarch, Otho . 7, 8 .