Afranians
Narrative faction label
Civil War 1.43 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “… A battle is fought, and, as the Afranians had reached the mound first, our men are driven back and, fresh supports being sent up, are compelled to turn and retreat to the standards of the legions.”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 1.43
Caesar
… A battle is fought, and, as the Afranians had reached the mound first, our men are driven back and, fresh supports being sent up, are compelled to turn and retreat to the standards of the legions.
Civil War 1.46
Caesar
… Among the Afranians, T. Caecilius, a centurion of the first company, is slain, and besides him four centurions and more than two hundred men.
Civil War 1.47
Caesar
But the commonly received view of the day’s events was that each side thought it had come off superior; the Afranians because, though they were generally deemed inferior, they had stood their ground so long in close combat and borne the assault of our men, and at the outset held the position and the mound which had been the object of the battle, and at the first encounter had compelled our men to retreat; our troops, on the other hand, claimed the victory because, engaging the foe on unfavourable ground and with unequal number, they had sustained the fight for five hours, had mounted the hill with drawn swords, had compelled their adversaries to retreat from a higher position, and had driven them into the town. …
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Civil War 1.43 · Civil War 1.46 · Civil War 1.47 · Civil War 1.54 · Civil War 1.69 · Civil War 1.70 · Civil War 1.71 · Civil War 1.78 · Civil War 1.83