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

3. NumitoriusPuillus, of Fregellae, betrayed his native town to the Roman praetor L. Opimius, B. C. 125, when it rose in revolt to obtain the Roman franchise. The town was taken and destroyed by Opimius (Cic. de Invent. 2.34; comp. Cic. de Leg. Agr. 2.33; Liv. Epit. 60; Vell. 2.6). The daughter of this Numitorius married M. Antonius Creticus. [NUMITORIA, No. 2.]