person
Lucius Marcius Septimius
Lucius Marcius
also: L. Marcius, Marcius
A Roman knight, pupil of Gnaeus Scipio's discipline, acclaimed commander by the surviving soldiers in Spain after the Scipios' deaths; he restored the Roman position with a daring double night-attack.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 25 §37 Lucius Marcius, son of Septimius
Lucius Marcius Septimius, the Roman knight elected by the soldiers to command the wreck of the Scipios' army; he rallies it and storms two Carthaginian camps (§37–39).
- The History of Rome, Book 26 §2 Lucius Marcius
The Roman knight acclaimed commander by the soldiers in Spain after the Scipios' deaths; his self-styled "propraetor" title troubles the senate.
- The History of Rome, Book 28 §17 Marcius
Lucius Marcius Septimus, the lieutenant raised to command by the soldiers after the deaths of the elder Scipios; here the agent of the Astapa and Gades operations.
- The History of Rome, Book 32 §3 Lucius Marcius Septimus
Roman commander who had received Gades into the Roman faith.