Gaius Carvilius
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Gaius Carvilius of Spoletium
was at the town of Uscana, when the Roman
garrison there was besieged by Perseus
in 169 B.C. Once it became apparent that there were not enough supplies in the town to withstand a siege, the garrison sent Carvilius, together with Gaius Afranius, to negotiate a surrender.
Perseus promised to allow the Romans to leave with their arms and liberty, but upon their surrender, he deprived them of both, took the townspeople into custody, and sold them into bondage. Despite this duplicity, Perseus was able to use Carvilius in subsequent negotiations for the surrender of other towns, where Carvilius admitted that neither he nor his comrades had been harshly treated.
Spoleto
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was at the town of Uscana, when the Roman
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garrison there was besieged by Perseus
Perseus of Macedon
Perseus was the last king of the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled the successor state in Macedon created upon the death of Alexander the Great...
in 169 B.C. Once it became apparent that there were not enough supplies in the town to withstand a siege, the garrison sent Carvilius, together with Gaius Afranius, to negotiate a surrender.
Perseus promised to allow the Romans to leave with their arms and liberty, but upon their surrender, he deprived them of both, took the townspeople into custody, and sold them into bondage. Despite this duplicity, Perseus was able to use Carvilius in subsequent negotiations for the surrender of other towns, where Carvilius admitted that neither he nor his comrades had been harshly treated.