Claudius Apollinaris Explained

Claudius Apollinaris was a man of ancient Rome who succeeded Sextus 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 AD.[1] [2] Apollinaris himself soon defected to Vespasian as well,[3] and he escaped with six galleys.

Notes and References

  1. [Tacitus]
  2. Book: Fields, Nic . AD69: Emperors, Armies and Anarchy . Pen and Sword . 2014 . A man neither firm in his loyalty, nor energetic in his treason. . 9781473838147 . 2016-02-28.
  3. Book: Newton, Homer Curtis . Bennett . Charles Edwin . Sterrett . John Robert Sitlington . Bristol . George Prentice . The Epigraphical Evidence for the Reigns of Vespasian and Titus . Cornell Studies in Classical Philology . . 16 . 1901 . 8 . 2016-02-28.

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