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

1. CN. PETREIUS, of Atina, was a centurion primi pili in the army of Q. Catulus, B. C. 102, in the Cimnbrian war, and received a crown on account of his preserving a legion. (Plin. Nat. 22.6.)