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Gaius Attius the Paelignian
Attius
also: C. Atius, C. Atium, Atius, C. Attius Paelignus
A Paelignian officer commanding the Pompeian garrison of five cohorts at Sulmo in February 49 BC; he opened the town's gates to Antony, an early sign of the Pompeian collapse in Italy (Att. 8.4; cf. Caes. BC 1.18).