person
Badius
A Campanian who renounced his guest-friendship with the Roman Crispinus and was defeated by him in a single combat before both armies.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 25 §18 Badius the Campanian
A Campanian noble, once Crispinus' guest at Rome, who renounces the tie of hospitality and challenges him to single combat, only to be wounded and routed (§18).