person
Pontius Aquila
also: Aquila, L. Pontius Aquila
Pontius Aquila, tribune of the plebs in 45 BC, notorious for refusing to rise from his seat as Julius Caesar passed during a triumph; he joined the republican cause and was killed fighting at the battle of Mutina in April 43 BC, receiving posthumous honours on Cicero's motion.
Reading notes
- Eleventh Philippic §14 Aquila
Pontius Aquila, a tribune of 45 BC and one of Caesar's assassins, here serving on the Republican side; he expelled T. Plancus from Pollentia and later fell at Mutina.