“Quintus Laberius Durus”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Quintus Laberius Durus (died August 54 BC) was a Roman military tribune who died during Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain. Caesar describes how soon after landing in Kent, the Romans were attacked whilst building a camp by the native Britons. Before re-inforcements could arrive, Laberius was killed.^[1] His burial site is traditionally the earthworks of Julliberrie's Grave near Chilham (which is in fact a Neolithic long barrow).

Orosius, in his Seven Books of History Against the Pagans, calls him Labienus,^[2] confusing him with Caesar's legate Titus Labienus, who lived to fight against Caesar in the Civil War. The error was perpetuated by Bede^[3] and Geoffrey of Monmouth,^[4] both of whom refer to a tribune called Labienus being killed in Britain. The latter says he was killed by Nennius.

Despite his status as a footnote in history, a long modern poem by American poet Gabriel Gudding is dedicated to Laberius ("For Quintus Laberius Durus, Who, Because of a Javelin in His Lungs, Died Near Kent, in Early August, 54 B.C") and appears in his book, A Defense of Poetry (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002). An historical novel, Caesar (Harper, 1999), by Australian writer Colleen McCullough, also involves him.

References

1. ^Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.15
2. ^Orosius, Seven Books of History Against the Pagans 6.9 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811111511/http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/orosius6.html#9 |date=August 11, 2006 }}
3. ^Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum 1.2
4. ^Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae 4.3

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