Military tribune during the First Punic War, in 258 BC he secured the retreat of consul A. Atilius [I 14] Calatinus (Claudius Quadrigarius fr. 42 HRR) near Camarina. All 400 legionaries of L. were killed, he himself survived badly wounded, but nevertheless was celebrated as ‘The Leonidas …
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Frigo, Thomas (Bonn),
Schmidt, Peter L. (Constance) and
Eck, Werner (Cologne),
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