person
Pacuvius Calavius
also: Pacuvius Calavius, Calavius
Noble Capuan demagogue who, holding the chief magistracy, saved the Capuan senate from massacre by a theatrical trick and so made it beholden to himself, then led Capua's revolt to Hannibal; father of the youth who plotted Hannibal's assassination.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 23 §2 Pacuvius Calavius
Noble Capuan demagogue who, holding the chief magistracy, saved the Capuan senate from massacre by a theatrical trick and so made it beholden to himself, then led Capua's revolt to Hannibal; father of the youth who plotted Hannibal's assassination.