person
Bellienus
also: Bellienus, Billienus, verna Demetri
A homebred slave (verna) of one Demetrius, posted with the garrison at Intimilium in 49 BC, who took a bribe from the opposing faction and strangled the local notable Domitius, triggering the town's revolt. The lowborn 'Psecade natus' of Caelius's closing joke.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 8.15 §2 the one born of Psecas
The slave Bellienus, given a lowborn maternal pedigree to set against Caesar's; Psecas is a stock servile name for a hairdressing slave-girl, the contemptuous opposite of divine Venus.