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CALENUS, QUINTUS FUFIUS

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CALENUS, See also:QUINTUS FUFIUS , See also:Roman See also:general. As See also:tribune of the See also:people in 61 B.C., he was chiefly instrumental in securing the acquittal of the notorious Publius See also:Clodius when charged with having profaned the mysteries of See also:Bona Dea (See also:Cicero, Ad. AU. is 16). In 59 Calenus 'was See also:praetor, and brought forward a See also:law that the senators, knights, and tribuni See also:aerarii, who composed the judices, should See also:vote separately, so that it might be known how they gave their votes (Dio See also:Cassius xxxviii. 8). He fought in See also:Gaul (51) and See also:Spain (49) under See also:Caesar, who, after he had crossed over to See also:Greece (48), sent Calenus from See also:Epirus to bring over the See also:rest of the troops from See also:Italy. On the passage to Italy, most of the See also:ships were captured by See also:Bibulus and Calenus himself escaped with difficulty. In 47 he was raised to the consulship through the See also:influence of Caesar. After the See also:death of the See also:dictator, he joined Antony, whose legions he afterwards commanded in the See also:north of Italy. He died in 41, while stationed with his See also:army at the See also:foot of the See also:Alps, just as he was on the point of marching against Octavianus. Caesar, B.G. viii. 39; B.C. i.

87, iii. 26; Cie. Philippicae, viii. 4.

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