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Titus Labienus
Labienus
also: Labienus
Caesar's most able legate during the Gallic Wars who defected to Pompey and the Senate when the civil war broke out in 49 BC. He later fought against Caesar at Pharsalus and died at Munda in 45 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 14.14 §2 Labienus has bettered the case
T. Labienus, Caesar's ablest legate in Gaul, defected to Pompey and the Senate at the war's outbreak; Cicero treats the desertion as a hopeful sign for the Republican side.