Claudius Apollinaris
Claudius Apollinaris was a man of ancient Rome who succeeded Lucilius Bassus as the commander, or praefectus classis, of Lucius Vitellius's fleet at Misenum, when Bassus defected to Vespasian's side in the year 70.[1][2] Apollinaris himself soon defected to Vespasian as well,[3] and he escaped with six galleys.
Notes
- ^ Tacitus, Histories 3.57, 76,77
- ^ Fields, Nic (2014). AD69: Emperors, Armies and Anarchy. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473838147. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
A man neither firm in his loyalty, nor energetic in his treason.
- ^ Newton, Homer Curtis (1901). Bennett, Charles Edwin; Sterrett, John Robert Sitlington; Bristol, George Prentice (eds.). The Epigraphical Evidence for the Reigns of Vespasian and Titus. Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Vol. 16. Cornell University Press. p. 8. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Apollinaris, Claudius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 230.