This general once demonstrated his point by asking a great warrior to pull out the tail of an old horse, and when he failed, heshowed that even a weak man can prevail by pulling one hair at a time.
This general once demonstrated his point by asking a great warrior to pull out the tail of an old horse, and when he failed, heshowed that even a weak man can prevail by pulling one hair at a time. This general was always followed by his pet white fawn,which he claimed allowed him to speak with the goddess Diana. He suffered early defeat when his officer Julius Salinator was slain by Caius Annius, but soon aftfter, he won a victory at the Baetis River. Along with his lieutenant Hirtuleius, he overthrewthe governor Quintus Metellus Pius, and then was joined by Marcus Perpenna, though Perpenna eventually had this manmurdered at a banquet. Mithridates VI sent envoys to this man, flflattering him as the "Hannibal" to his "Pyrrhus". This manwas invited by the Lusitanian peoples to lead them in revolt against the regime of Sulla, which he did for eight years, Âfightingagainst the army of Pompey. For 10 points, name this Roman general who rebelled from 80 BCE to 72 BCE by setting up agovernment in Hispania.
This general once demonstrated his point by asking a great warrior to pull out the tail of an old horse, and when he failed, heshowed that even a weak man can prevail by pulling one hair at a time.
Quintus Sertorius