Gaius Volusenus Quadratus was a Roman military officer and ally of Julius Caesar. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC

During the Gallic War he served as Tribunus Militum in the 12th Legion under the legate Servius Galba, and distinguished himself in battle when Galba was defeated by the Nantuates in 57 BC. The Gallic Wars were a series of Military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes, lasting from Tribune (from the Latin: tribunus; Byzantine Greek form τριβούνος) was a title shared by 2–3 elected magistracies in the Legio XII Fulminata ("wielder of the thunderbolt" also known as Paterna, Victrix, Antiqua, Certa Constans, and Galliena A legatus (often anglicized as legate) was a general in the Roman army, equivalent to a modern general officer Servius Sulpicius Galba, Praetor in 54 BC. As legate of Julius Caesar 's 12th Legion during his Gallic Wars, he was The Nantuates or Nantuatae were an ancient people of modern day Switzerland, whose territory extended into adjacent areas now in modern-day France. ^[1]

In 55 BC Volusenus was sent out by Caesar in a single warship to undertake a week-long survey of the coast of south eastern Britain prior to Caesar's invasion. Year 55 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands During his Gallic Wars, Julius Caesar invaded' Britain twice in 55 and 54 BC. ^[2] He probably examined the Kent coast between Hythe and Sandwich. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format Hythe (haɪð or haithe) is a small coastal market town on the edge of Romney Marsh, in the District of Shepway (derived from Sheep Way on the south coast Sandwich is a historic town in Kent, south-east England. It was one of the Cinque Ports and still has many original medieval buildings When Caesar set off with his troops however he arrived at Dover and saw that landing would impossible. Dover is a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, England. Instead he travelled north and landed on an open beach, probably near Walmer. Walmer is a town in the district of Dover, Kent in England: located on the coast the parish of Walmer is 6 miles (10 km north-east of Dover Volusenus had evidently failed to find a suitable harbour, which would have prevented the damage Caesar's exposed ships would suffer at high tide. The great natural harbour at Richborough, a little further north, was used by Claudius in his invasion just 100 years later, but we do not know whether Volusenus travelled that far, or indeed whether it existed in a suitable form at that time (our knowledge of the geomorphology of the Wantsum Channel that created that haven is limited). Richborough ( pronounced /ˈrɪtʃb(ərə/ is a settlement north of Sandwich on the east coast of the county of Kent, England. Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I ( August 1, 10 BC &ndash October 13, AD 54 ( Tiberius Claudius Drusus from birth to Geomorphology (from Greek: γη ge, "earth" μορφή morfé, "form" and λόγος Logos, "knowledge" The Wantsum Channel is the name given to a now silted-up watercourse separating the Isle of Thanet and what was the mainland of the English county of Kent

Volusenus later became Praefectus Equitum (cavalry commander). In 53 BC, during the revolt of Ambiorix, he was sent ahead by Caesar with cavalry to relieve Quintus Cicero, who was besieged by the Sugambri in Atuatuca, but found it difficult to convince the terrified defenders that the rest of Caesar's army was not far behind. Ambiorix was together with Catuvolcus, prince of the Eburones, leader of a Belgic tribe of north-eastern Gaul ( Gallia Belgica) where Quintus Tullius Cicero (102 BC &ndash 43 BC was the younger brother of the celebrated Orator, Philosopher and Statesman Marcus Tullius The Sicambri (var Sicambers Sicambres Sigambrer Sugumbrer or Sugambri) were a Germanic people living in what is now called the Netherlands ^[3]

When the legate Titus Labienus discovered that Commius, the formerly loyal king of the Atrebates, was conspiring against them in the winter of 54 or 53 BC, he invited him to a meeting and sent Volusenus and some centurions to execute him for his treachery. A legatus (often anglicized as legate) was a general in the Roman army, equivalent to a modern general officer Titus Labienus (ca 100 BC– March 17, 45 BC was a professional Roman soldier in the late Roman Republic. Commius ( Commios, Comius, Comnios) was a historical king of the Belgic nation of the Atrebates, initially in Gaul, then The Atrebates (singular Atrebas, meaning "settlers" were a Belgic tribe of Gaul and Britain before the Roman conquests Year 54 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Appius Claudius Pulcher and Year 53 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Marcus Valerius Messalla and Centurion redirects here This article is about the Roman soldier Commius escaped, but sustained a wound to the head. ^[4]

In 51 BC Volusenus was serving as commander of cavalry under Mark Antony, and in the winter of that year was ordered by Antony to pursue Commius, who was conducting a campaign of agitation and guerrilla warfare. Year 51 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Marcus Claudius Marcellus Marcus Antonius (in Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N ( c January 14 83 BC&ndash August 1, 30 BC known in English as Mark Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc He defeated him in several skirmishes, and finally destroyed Commius's forces in a single engagement, although at the cost of a spear-wound to the thigh. Commius himself escaped and later sued for peace on the condition that he never again had to meet a Roman. ^[5]

In 48 BC, during the Civil War, Aegus and Roscillus, two Gallic noblemen serving in Caesar's cavalry who had been caught defrauding their comrades of pay, decided to defect to Pompey's side, and attempted to assassinate Volusenus in an effort to show Pompey they had performed him some useful service. The Roman civil war of 49 BC sometimes called Caesar's Civil War, is one of the last conflicts within the Roman Republic. Aegus and Roscillus were two chiefs of the Allobroges, who had served Julius Caesar with great fidelity in the Gallic Wars, and were treated Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'pɑmpi/ Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir ( Classical Latin abbreviation The task proved too difficult, and they were forced to defect without any such token. ^[6]

After Caesar's victory, he was Tribune of the Plebs in 43 BC, and following Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, he was a supporter of Mark Antony. Marcus Antonius (in Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N ( c January 14 83 BC&ndash August 1, 30 BC known in English as Mark ^[7]

References

1. ^ Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 3.5
2. ^ Commentarii de Bello Gallico 4.21
3. ^ Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.41
4. ^ Commentarii de Bello Gallico 8.23
5. ^ Commentarii de Bello Gallico 8.48
6. ^ Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili 3.59-61
7. ^ Cicero, Phillipics 14. Commentarii de Bello Gallico is Julius Caesar 's third-person account of his nine years of war in Gaul. Commentarii de Bello Civili (literally Commentaries on the Civil War in Latin is an account written by Julius Caesar of his war against Marcus Tullius Cicero ( Classical Latin ˈkikeroː usually ˈsɪsərəʊ in English January 3, 106 BC &ndash December 7, 43 BC was a Roman 3