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See also:CAEPIO, See also:QUINTUS SERVILIUS , See also:Roman See also:general, See also:consul so6 B.C. During his See also:year of See also:office, he brought forward a See also:law by which the jurymen were again to be chosen from the senators instead of the See also:equites (See also:Tacitus, See also:Ann. xii. 6o). As See also:governor of Gallia Narbonensis, he plundered the See also:temple of the See also:Celtic See also:Apollo at Tolosa (See also:Toulouse), which had joined the See also:Cimbri. In 105, Caepio suffered a crushing defeat from the Cimbri at Arausio (See also:Orange) on the See also:Rhone, which was looked upon as a See also:punishment for his See also:sacrilege; hence the See also:proverb Aurum Tolosanum habet, of an See also:act involving disastrous consequences. In the same year he was deprived of his proconsulship and his See also:property confiscated; subsequently (the See also:chronology is obscure, see See also:Mommsen, See also:History of See also:Rome, bk. iv. ch. 5) he was expelled from the See also:senate, accused by the See also:tribune See also:Norbanus of See also:embezzlement and misconduct during the See also:war, condemned and imprisoned. He either died during his confinement or escaped to See also:Smyrna. See also:Livy, Epit. 67; See also:Valerius See also:Maximus iv. 7. 3; See also:Justin xxxii. 3; Aulus See also:Gellius iii. 9. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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