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

4. C.Oppius, a praefect of the allies, was sent by the consul P. Aelius Paetus, in B. C. 201, with some raw levies to attack the territories of the Boii, but was cut off by the enemy with a large number of his men (Liv. 31.2).