person
Decius Magius
also: Decius Magius, Magius Decius
Capuan leader of the highest authority who alone resisted the revolt to Hannibal; seized and shipped toward Carthage, he was storm-driven to Egypt and freed by Ptolemy, choosing exile under the king who had championed his liberty.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 23 §7 Decius Magius
Capuan leader of the highest authority who alone resisted the revolt to Hannibal; seized and shipped toward Carthage, he was storm-driven to Egypt and freed by Ptolemy, choosing exile under the king who had championed his liberty.