a Campanian of high rank and distinguished bravery in the second Punic war. He fought with Claudius Asellus in single combat in B. C. 215, and put an end to his own life on the capture of Capua by the Romans in B. C. 211. (Liv. 23.8, 46, 47, 26.15; comp. Cic. in Pis. 11.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890