Claudius Apollinaris

Claudius Apollinaris was a man of ancient Rome who succeeded Sextus Lucilius Bassus as the commander, or praefectus classis, of Lucius Vitellius's fleet at Misenum, when Bassus defected to Vespasian's side in the year 70 AD.[1][2] Apollinaris himself soon defected to Vespasian as well,[3] and he escaped with six galleys.

This article is about the 1st-century naval commander. For the 2nd-century Christian leader and writer, see Apollinaris Claudius.

Notes
  1. Tacitus, Histories 3.57, 76,77
  2. Fields, Nic (2014). AD69: Emperors, Armies and Anarchy. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473838147. Retrieved 2016-02-28. A man neither firm in his loyalty, nor energetic in his treason.
  3. Newton, Homer Curtis (1901). Bennett, Charles Edwin; Sterrett, John Robert Sitlington; Bristol, George Prentice (eds.). The Epigraphical Evidence for the Reigns of Vespasian and Titus. Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. 16. Cornell University Press. p. 8. Retrieved 2016-02-28.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Apollinaris, Claudius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 230.

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