A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

'LAELIUS. LAELIUS. 705
LAELIA'NUS, U'LPIUS CORNE'LIUS. governor of the city, fifteen members of the great
TrebelliusPollio assigns the fourth place in his list council of Carthage, and two members of the
of the thirty tyrants [AuaROLUS] to a certain council of elders, —he rejoined Scipio at Tarraco.
Lollianus, who, according to the narrative of the (Polyb. x. 18, 19, 37; Liv. xxvi. 48, 51, xxvii.
Angustan historian, was the leader of the insurrec- 7.) Throughout the war in Spain, Sicily, and
tion by which Postumus [PosTu.Mus] was over- Africa, Laelius.acted as confidential legatus to his
thrown; and after gallantly defending Gaul from friend, nor until B. c. 202, when the senate apthe incursions of the Germans, was himself slain pointed him Scipio's quaestor extraordinary, had
by his own soldiers, who mutinied on account of he any official rank or station. (Liv. xxx. 33.)
the severe toils which he imposed, and proclaimed At the battle of Baecula, in the upper valley of
Victorinus [VICTORaNUS] in his stead. These the Guadalquivir, he commanded Scipio's left wing,
events took place, it would appear, in the course of B. c. 208 (Polyb. x. 39; Liv. xxvii. 18; Appian,
A. D. 267. Victor, in his Caesars (c. 33), calls the Hispan. 25, 26); and in B. c. 206, a stormingsame individual Laelianus; Victor, in his Epitome party, when Illiturgi, on the right bank of the
(c. 32), Aelianus; and Eutropius (ix. 7) L. Aeli- Baetis, was taken (Liv. xxviii. 19,.20); a detachanus. ment of the fleet, when Gades was expected to reBut coins are extant in all the three metals, exe- volt, with which he defeated the Punic admiral
cuted apparently by the same workmen as those of Adherbal in the straits (Lip. xxviii. 23, 30); and
Postumus, bearing on the obverse the legend ImIP. c. the cavalry, when Indibilis was routed (Polyb. xi.LAELIANUS. P. F. AUG., or IMP. C. ULP. COR. 32, 33; Liv. xxviii. 33). Twice lie visited the
LAELIANUS, which would lead us at once to con- court of Syphax, king of the Masaesylians, and
dlude that the name placed at the head of this the most powerful of the African princes, whose
article was the real designation. of this pretender to alliance was of equal importance to Carthage and
the purple. A solitary medal, however, believed to Rome. The first time he went as Scipio's
to be genuine, was once contained in the collection envoy, the next as his companion; and, many
of the prince of Waldeck, from whence it was years afterwards, he related to their common friend,
stolen, which exhibited IMP. C. LOLLIANUS P. F. the historian Polybius (Polyb. x. 3), the particulars
AUG.; and to complete the confusion, many numis- of that memorable banquet at which Syphax enmatologists refer to this epoch a small brass, with tertained at one table and on one couch two sucIMP. C. Q. VALENS. AELIANUS. P. AUG. on the ob- cessive conquerors of Spain,. the Punic Hasdrubal
verse, and on the reverse JOvI. CONSER. AUGG., and the -Roman Scipio. (Polyb. xi. 24; Liv.
words which indicate a divided sovereignty. This xxviii. 17, 18;. Appian, Hilspan. 29.) After the
last medal, may, however, be assigned, with Carthaginians had evacuated Spain, Laelius remore, probability, to that Aelianus who, along turned with Scipio to Rome, and was present at
with Amandus, headed the rebellion of the Ba- his consular comitia, in the autumn of B. c. 206.
gaudae in the reign of Diocletian. [AELIANUS, (Polyb. xi. 33; Liv. xxviii. 38.)
MAXIL.ANUS HERCULIUS.] (Eckhel, vol. vii. The completion of the second Punic war was
pp. 448-450.) LW. R.] naturally assigned to the conqueror of Spain; but
while Scipio was assembling his forces in Sicily,.
Laelius, with a portion of the fleet, was despatched
to the African coast. He disembarked at Hippo
Regius; the farms and vineyards of a populous and
l~,<.bzt:~~~:]nf~~ 1unguarded district afforded abundant spoil; the
high road to Carthage was thronged with fugitives,.
and it was believed that Scipio himself, whose preparations were known and dreaded, had landed
COIN OF LAELIANUIS. with the main army. At Hippo the Massylian
chief Masinissa renewed his overtures to Rome.
LAE'LIUS. 1. C. LAELIUS, was from early He urged Laelius to hasten Scipio's invasion, and
manhood the friend and companion of P. Corn. warned him to return without delay, since: the
Scipio Africanus, and their actions are so interwoven, Carthaginians had discovered their error, and were
that it is difficult to relate them separately. (Polyb. preparing to cut off his retreat. Laelius accordx. 3; Vell. Pat. ii. 127.) Laelius first appears ingly returned to Messana. His booty betrayed
in history as the commander of the Roman fleet in the wealth and weakness of Carthage, and whetted
the attack on New Carthage, B. C. 210. To him the appetite of the legions for the plunder of
alone wasconfided the destination of the armament, Africa. (Liv. xxix. 1, 4, 6.)
which, in correspondence with the movements of In the spring of B. C. 204, Laelius, with twenty
the land forces, he conducted from the mouth of war-gallies, convoyed the left division of transports
the Ebro to the haven of the Carthaginian capital from the harbour of Lilybaeum to the Fair Proof Spain. Laelius, during the assault, blockaded montory. (Liv. xxix. 24-27.) On the mainthe port, after its capture occupied the city with land he again ably seconded his friend. To him
his marines, and, for his services, received from and Masinissa was entrusted the burning of the
Scipio a golden wreath and thirty oxen. (Polyb. Punic and Numidian camps (Polyb. xiv. 4; Liv.
x. 3, 9; Liv. xxvi, 42, 48; Appian, Hispan. 20.) xxx. 3-6); the pursuit-of Hasdrubal and Syphax
Having assisted in distributing the booty, the far into the arid waes of Numidia (Polyb. xiv. 9;
hostages, and the prizes of valour to the soldiers, Liv. xxx. 9, comp ib. 17; Appian. Pun. 26 —28) ~
he was dispatched to Rome with the captives and and the capture of the Masaesylian king and his
the tidings of victory. He arrived thither early capital Cirta, for which services- Laelits received
in a. c. 209, and, after reporting to the senate and for the second time a golden crown (Liv. xxx. 11
the people the fall of New Carthage, and delivering -16).. At Cirta he asserted the severe discipline
up his prisoners-among whom were Mago, the of Rome towards its most faithful allies, by tearing.
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