person
Gaius Pontius
also: C. Pontio Samnite, Gaius Pontius
Samnite leader, father of the commander who defeated the Romans at the Caudine Forks; Cicero makes him the host before whom Archytas delivered his discourse against pleasure, with Plato present.
Reading notes
- On Duties §2.75 Gaius Pontius the Samnite
Gaius Pontius, the Samnite commander who trapped a Roman army at the Caudine Forks (321 BC). Cicero quotes his wish that he had lived to face a Rome already corrupted by bribery.