Livy Book 30
Gaius Laelius
Gaius Laelius, who died after 160 BC, was a Roman general and politician who contributed to Roman victory during the Second Punic War (218-201) between Rome and Carthage.
He was a
novus homo, that is, a man whose family had never held high office in Rome. He owed his political advancement to his commander and friend Scipio Africanus. Laelius accompanied Scipio on his Spanish campaign (210-206) and commanded the fleet at New Carthage. He fought at Baecula and Ilipa.
While in Africa with Scipio from 204 to 202, Laelius defeated the Numidian prince Syphax, an ally of the Carthaginians, and captured Cirta. He commanded the cavalry in Scipio's decisive victory over Hannibal at Zama (now in Tunisia; 202).
After the war Laelius advanced from plebeian aedile (197) to praetor in Sicily (196) to consul (190). In 189 he was Proconsul in Gaul. He went as ambassador to Perseus in 174 and to some Celtic tribes in 170.
In 160 he met Polybius and supplied the historian with a great deal of information about the life of Scipio Africanus
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