Roman family name, presumably of Etruscan origin (in Greek also Καρείνας, Καρρείνας; Kareínas, Karreínas), reliably attested from the 1st cent. BC (ThlL, Onom. 2,209f.).
Follower of Marius, in the Civil War sent to Picenum against Pompeius in 83 BC (Plut. Pompeius 7); he was praetor in 82 BC, and suffered a number of defeats in northern and central Italy. After the flight of the consul Cn. Papirius Carbo to Africa, the remaining Marian military leaders united th…
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Meier, Mischa (Bielefeld) and
Will, Wolfgang (Bonn),
“Carrinas”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
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