person
Marcus Centenius Paenula
Centenius
also: Paenula
A first-rank centurion who persuaded the Senate to entrust him with an army against Hannibal and was destroyed with it in Lucania, 212 BC.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 25 §19 Marcus Centenius
Marcus Centenius Paenula, a former chief centurion who talked the Senate into giving him an army and was annihilated by Hannibal in Lucania (§19).