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and interpolations from some grammarian of a very. cess, but neglected to follow up his advantage, in
late period. This is the opinion of Fr. A. Wolf, all probability because, like the other commanders,
who remarks that there are scarcely twenty pas- he was a partizan of Vespasian, and did not wish
sages in Demosthenes in which the writer throws that, by the destruction of Civilis, the legions of
light upon difficulties, which could not be equally Germany should be set at liberty to go to the aid of
well explained without his aid. These Commen- Vitellius. On the other hand, the common soldiers,
taries were printed for the first time along with who were strongly attached to Vitellius, were for
the lexicon of Harpocration by Aldus Manutius, this reason in a state of almost constant mutiny,
Venice, 1503, fol., and are likewise printed in the and on one occasion, when Hordeonius Flaccus was
10th volume of Dobson's edition of the Attic ora- killed, Vocula only escaped by flying from the
tors, London, 1828, as well as in other editions of camp dressed as a slave. Ile was soon after joined
the Attic orators. (Comp. Wolf, In Demosthenis again by three legions. with which he took possesLeptineani, p. 210; Westermann, Geschichte der sion of Magontiacum. In the revolt of Treviri,
Griechischlen Beredtsamkeit, ~ 104, note 13.) under Classicus and Tutor (A. D. 70), Vocula was
U'LPITUS CRINI'TUS, a general in the forsaken by his army at Novesiumrn, and was put to
reign of Valerian, claimed descent from the em- death by a deserter named Aemilius Longinus,
peror Trajan. He had the command of Illyricum whom Classicus sent into the camp for that purand Thrace, where Aurelian, afterwards emperor, pose. His soldiers were marched off to Treviri, and
was his legatus. The latter distinguished himself meeting on their way with Longinus, they put him
so much that Ulpiis adopted him as his son in the to death. (Tac. Hist. iv. 24-26, 33-37, 56presence of Valerian. (Vopisc. Aurel. 1 0-15.) 59, 77.) [P. S.]
Uipius was consul suffectus along with his son-in- VOLACI'NUS, an architect, known by the
law Valerian in A. D. 257. LAURELIANUS, p. inscription on a monument erected to his memory
436, b.] by his wife Selene. (Fabretti, Ioscr. p. 176, No.
U'LPIUS JULIA'NUS, was employed to take 353; Muratori, Tires. vol. ii. p. cmlxxvi. 4; Sillig,
the census under Caracalla, and was praefectus Catal. Artif. Append. s. v.; R. Rochette, Lettre a
praetorio under Macrinus. He was sent to An- Ail. Schorn, p. 426, 2d. ed.) [P. S.]
tioch to put down the rebellion of Elagabalus, but VOLCA'TIA or VULCA'TIA GENS, is not
was slain by his own troops, A. D. 218. (Dion mentioned till the latter end of the republic. The
Cass. lxxviii. 4, 15; Ierodian. v. 4. ~ 5; Capitol. first member of it who obtained the consulship was'Maci'in. 10.) L. Volcatius Tullus in B. c. 66. TTLLUS is the only
U'LPIUS MARCELLUS. [MARCELLUS.] cognomen borne by the Volcatii in the time of the
U'LPIUS TRAJA'NUS. [TRAJANUS.] republic, but under the empire we meet with
ULTOR, "the avenger," a surname of Mars, to other surnames, a list of which is given below.
whom Augustus built a temple at Rome in the VOLCA'TIUS, a Roman eques, one of the
foram, after taking vengeance upon the murderers agents of Verres in oppressing the Sicilians. (Cic.
of his great-uncle,Julius Caesar. (Sueton. Aug. 21, Verr. ii. 9, 23, iii. 73.)
29, Calig. 24; Ov. Fast. v. 577.) [L. S.] VOLCA'TIUS GALLICA.NUS. [GALLIULYSSES, ULYXES, ULIXES. [ODYS- CANUS.]
SEUS.] VOLCA'TIUS GURGES. [GURGES.]
UMBO'NIUS SI'LIO. [SILIO.] VOLCA'TIUS MOSCHUS. [MosCHUs.]
P. UMBRE'NITS, one of Catiline's crew, had VOLCA'TIUS SEDI'GITIJS. [SEDIGITus.]
formerly carried on business in Gaul as a money- VOLCA'TIUS TERENTIA'NUS, wrote a
lender (negotiator, see Diet. of Ant. s. v. 2d ed.), history of his own times. He lived under tho
and was therefore employed by Lentulus to per- Gordians. (Capitolin. Gordian. Jun. 21.)
suade the ambassadors of the Allobroges to take VOLCA'TIUS TERTULLI'NUS. [TEapart in the conspiracy, B. c. 63. (Sall. Cat. 40; TULLINUS.]
Cic. Cfat. iii. 6.) VOLCA'TIUS TULLI'NUS. [TULLINUS.]
UMBRI'CIUS, an haruspex, predicted to Galba VOLESUS. rVoLvsIs.]
sacrificing shortly before his death, that a plot VO'LERO PUBLI'LIUS. [PuBLILius.]
threatened him. (Tac. HIist. i. 27.) VO'LNIUS, 1not VOLUMNIus, wrote some TusUMMI'DIA QUADRATILLA. [QUADnRA- can tragedies, and is quoted by Varro for the
TILLA.] statement that the names of the three ancient
UMMI'DIUS QUADRA'TUS. [QUADRA- Roman tribes, Ramnes, Titienses, and Luceres,
Tus.] were Etruscan. (Varr. L. L. v. 55, ed. Miiller;
VOCO'NIUS NASO. [NASO.] Niebuhr, Hist. of Ronme, vol. i. note 415.)
VOCO'NIUS ROMA'NUS. [ROMANUS.] VOLOGESES, the name of five kings of
VOCO'NIUS SAXA. [SAXA.] Parthia. [ARSACES XXII., XXVII., XXVIII.,
VOCO'NIUS VI'TULUS. - VITLUS.] XXIX., XXX.]
VO'CULA, DI'LLIUS, legate of the 18th le- M. VO'LSCIUS FICTOR, who had been prcgion of the Roman army on the Rhine, at the time viously tribune of the plebs, came forward in B. c.
of the Batavian revolt (A. D. 69). On account 461 to bear witness against K. Quintins, the son
of the firmness with which he opposed a mutiny of L. Cincinnatus, and declared that soon after the
against Hordeonius Flaccus, he was made com- plague he and his elder brother fell in with a party
mander-in-chief by the soldiers in place of that of patrician youths who came rushing through the
general. Not venturing to attack Civilis in the Subura, whenll their leader Kaeso knocked down
field, he fixed his camp at Gelduba, and shortly his brother, who was still feeble from the sickness
afterwards quelled another mutiny, which had he had just got over, and injured him so much
broken out during his absence on an incursion that he died shortly afterwards.- Dionysius makes
against the Gugerni. [IHEsENNIUS GALLUS.] Volscius tribune of the plebs in this year. In
IlHe afterwards carried on the war with some suc- consequence of this testimony Knaeso was conVOL. lit, 4 N