person
Phileas
also: Phileas of Tarentum
A Tarentine at Rome under pretext of embassy who engineered the escape of the hostages whose execution drove Tarentum to revolt.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 25 §7 Phileas of Tarentum
A restless Tarentine envoy at Rome who frees the Tarentine and Thurian hostages; their recapture and execution spark the conspiracy that betrays Tarentum (§7–8).