Gaius Carrinas, was a Roman politician, general and
consul-Ancient Rome:During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the heads of government for the Republic. New consuls were elected every year. There were two consuls, and they ruled together...
.
In
45 BCYear 45 BC was the year the Julian calendar went into effect. According to this calendar, it was a leap year starting on Friday .-Rome:*Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar, without colleague.*Civil War:...
, Carrinas was sent on the orders of
Julius CaesarGaius Julius Caesar , , was a Roman military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
to Spain to fight
SextusSextus Pompeius Magnus Pius, in English Sextus Pompey , was a Roman general from the late Republic . He was the last focus of opposition to the Second Triumvirate....
and
Gnaeus PompeiusGnaeus Pompeius should not be confused with his father, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known as "Pompey the Great."Gnaeus Pompeius , also known as Pompey the Younger , was a Roman politician and general from the late Republic .Gnaeus Pompeius was the elder son of Pompey the Great Gnaeus Pompeius should...
. As he was unsuccessful in putting down the two Pompeii and the last remnants of the Republicans, he was superseded by
Gaius Asinius PollioGaius Asinius Pollio was a Roman soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic and historian, whose lost contemporary history, provided much of the material for the historians Appian and Plutarch...
. After the establishment of the
Second TriumvirateThe Second Triumvirate is the name historians give to the official political alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus , Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony, formed on 26 November 43 BC with the enactment of the Lex Titia, the adoption of which marked the end of the Roman Republic...
in
43 BCYear 43 BC was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.-Rome:*Consuls: Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus and Aulus Hirtius. The Senate confirms Octavian as propraetor with joint responsibility for the campaign against Antony. Hirtius and Octavian mobilize troops for the march to...
, Carrinas together with
Publius Ventidius BassusPublius Ventidius Bassus, or in full, Publius Ventidius Publii filius Bassus, "Publius Ventidius, Publius's son, Bassus" was a Roman general and one of Julius Caesar's protégés...
was appointed consul suffectus for the remainder of the year.
Gaius Carrinas, was a Roman politician, general and
consul-Ancient Rome:During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the heads of government for the Republic. New consuls were elected every year. There were two consuls, and they ruled together...
.
In
45 BCYear 45 BC was the year the Julian calendar went into effect. According to this calendar, it was a leap year starting on Friday .-Rome:*Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar, without colleague.*Civil War:...
, Carrinas was sent on the orders of
Julius CaesarGaius Julius Caesar , , was a Roman military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
to Spain to fight
SextusSextus Pompeius Magnus Pius, in English Sextus Pompey , was a Roman general from the late Republic . He was the last focus of opposition to the Second Triumvirate....
and
Gnaeus PompeiusGnaeus Pompeius should not be confused with his father, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known as "Pompey the Great."Gnaeus Pompeius , also known as Pompey the Younger , was a Roman politician and general from the late Republic .Gnaeus Pompeius was the elder son of Pompey the Great Gnaeus Pompeius should...
. As he was unsuccessful in putting down the two Pompeii and the last remnants of the Republicans, he was superseded by
Gaius Asinius PollioGaius Asinius Pollio was a Roman soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic and historian, whose lost contemporary history, provided much of the material for the historians Appian and Plutarch...
. After the establishment of the
Second TriumvirateThe Second Triumvirate is the name historians give to the official political alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus , Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony, formed on 26 November 43 BC with the enactment of the Lex Titia, the adoption of which marked the end of the Roman Republic...
in
43 BCYear 43 BC was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.-Rome:*Consuls: Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus and Aulus Hirtius. The Senate confirms Octavian as propraetor with joint responsibility for the campaign against Antony. Hirtius and Octavian mobilize troops for the march to...
, Carrinas together with
Publius Ventidius BassusPublius Ventidius Bassus, or in full, Publius Ventidius Publii filius Bassus, "Publius Ventidius, Publius's son, Bassus" was a Roman general and one of Julius Caesar's protégés...
was appointed consul suffectus for the remainder of the year. In
41 BCYear 41 BC was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.-Rome:*Consuls: Lucius Antonius, Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus....
,
OctavianGaius Julius Caesar Augustus was the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.
[These are the contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian after 45 BC...]
made Carrinas governor of Spain, where he warred with
Bocchus IIBocchus II was king of Mauretania. Son of Sosus of Mauretania , who was dead in 49 B.C., in the early years of Bocchus reign, Mauretania was jointly ruled between Bocchus and his younger brother Bogud, with Bocchus ruling east of the Mulucha River and his brother west. As enemies of the senatorial...
. In
36 BCYear 36 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.-Rome:*3 September—Battle of Naulochus: Octavian's fleet, under the command of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa defeats the forces of the rebel Sextus Pompeius, Lepidus, who faint heartedly came to support Octavian, lost his army to...
, Octavian sent him with three legions against Sextus Pompeius in
SicilySicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is an autonomous region of Italy. Several much smaller islands surrounding it are considered to be part of Sicily....
. In
31 BCYear 31 BC was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.-Rome:*Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian becomes Roman Consul for the third time...
Carrinas was made proconsular governor of
GaulGaul is a historical name used in the context of the Roman Empire in references to the region of Western Europe approximating present day France and Belgium, but also sometimes including the Po Valley, western Switzerland, and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River...
, where he successfully fought against the rebellious
MoriniThe Morini were a Belgic tribe in the time of the Roman Empire. We know little about their language but one of their cities, Boulogne-sur-Mer was called Bononia by Zosimus and Bonen in the Middle Ages. Zosimus mentioned the Low Germanic character of the city...
and drove the invading
SuebiThe Suebi or Suevi were a group of Germanic peoples who were first mentioned by Julius Caesar in connection with Ariovistus' campaign, c...
back across the Rhine back, for which he was honoured with a triumph in
29 BCYear 29 BC was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.-Rome:* Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus becomes Roman Consul for the fifth time. His partner is Sextus Appuleius. He was granted the title of imperator, and for the third time in Roman history the doors of the Temple of Janus...
.
Carrinas was the son of the Marian commander
Gaius CarrinasGaius Carrinas , was a Roman politician and general. Carrinas, as a leading member of the Marian party, fought in the civil war against Lucius Cornelius Sulla....
.