Image by DomyD on Pixabay · Pixabay License
OverviewAI-generated
Titus Labienus was an Ancient Roman politician and military leader. Born in Cingoli, he served as a tribune of the plebs, praetor, and legatus legionis. He was a member of the populares political party and participated in the Gallic War and Caesar's Civil War. Labienus was the father of Quintus Labienus.
He wrote in Latin and is described in sources including the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa, and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. His life spanned from 100 BCE or 98 BCE until his death in 45 BCE.
Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- c. 100 BC , Cingulum , Picenum , Italy
- Died
- 17 March 45 BC (aged c. 55 ), Battle of Munda
- Cause of death
- Killed in battle
- Occupations
- Soldier and politician
- Office
- Tribune of the plebs (63 BC), Praetor (60/59 BC)
- Children
- Quintus Labienus
- Allegiance
- Julius Caesar (58–49 BC), Pompey (49–45 BC)
- Branch
- Roman army
- Rank
- Legate
- Wars
- Gallic Wars , Caesar's Civil War
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Cingoli
- Child
- Quintus Labienus
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- legatus legionis
- Political party
- populares
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Conflict
- Gallic War
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 0098-00-00
- date of death
- 0045-03-17
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- writing language
- Latin
- name in native language
- T.Labienus
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~11 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Titus Labienus (c. 100 BC – 17 March 45 BC) was a high-ranking military officer in the late Roman Republic. He served as tribune of the Plebs in 63 BC. Although mostly remembered as one of Julius Caesar's best lieutenants in Gaul and mentioned frequently in the accounts of his military campaigns, Labienus chose to oppose him during the Civil War and was killed at Munda. He was the father of Quintus Labienus.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Titus Labienus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.