Quintus Poppaedius Silo (sometimes seen as Pompaedius) (died 88 BC) was the leader of the Italian tribe of the Marsi and one of the leaders of the Italians during the Social War against Rome.  He was a friend of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger. After Drusus's murder, the Social War started and Silo became the military leader of the Marsii . At the start of the War, twelve Italian tribes formed Italia, their own state in Italy (as an alternative to the Roman Republic), and Silo was elected one of two Italian consuls.  Silo was given command of the Marsic group (Marsi, Paeligni, Vestini, Marrucini, Picentes, Frentani), whereas his consular colleague Gaius Papius Mutilus was given command of the Samnite group. During the second year of the war (90 BC) he tricked and ambushed the Roman praetor Quintus Servilius Caepio and slaughtered his army.Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, pp 94-95; Appian, Civil Wars, 1.44. Poppaedius is said to have killed Caepio  himself.Lynda Telford, Sulla: A Dictator Reconsidered, p. 89. He then went after Caepio's co-commander Gaius Marius, Rome's most experienced general, but was unable to force a decisive engagement.Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, pp 101-102. This lead Poppaedius to challenge Marius: 'So if you are such a great general, Marius, why not come down [from your fortifications] and fight it out?' To this Marius retorted 'Well, if you think you are any good a general, why don't you try to make me?'Plutarch, Life of Marius, 33 During 89 BC the fortunes of war turned against the Italian rebels. Poppaedius, now fighting in Samnium, recaptured the Samnite capital Bovianum which had been taken by Lucius Cornelius Sulla.Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 108. After Bovianum he tried to eject the Romans from Apulia where he was killed in battle by Drusus's brother Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus.Thomas Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, vol II, p. 42; Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 108. Quintus Poppaedius Silo was called the 'heart and soul' of the rebellion.Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 66 and p. 108; Smiths, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, p. 3158.
Quintus Poppaedius Silo (sometimes seen as Pompaedius) (died 88 BC) was a leader of the Italian tribe of the Marsi and one of the leaders of the Italian rebels during the Social War against Rome. Poppaedius was called the 'heart and soul' of the rebellion.Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 66 and p. 108; Smiths, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, p. 3158. He was a friend of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger. After Drusus's murder, the Social War started and Silo became the military leader of the Marsi . At the start of the War, twelve Italian tribes formed Italia, their own state in Italy (as an alternative to the Roman Republic), and Silo was elected one of two Italian consuls. As 'consul' Silo was given command of the Marsic group (Marsi, Paeligni, Vestini, Marrucini, Picentes, Frentani), whereas his consular colleague Gaius Papius Mutilus was given command of the Samnite group. During the second year of the war (90 BC) he tricked and ambushed the Roman praetor Quintus Servilius Caepio and slaughtered his army.Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, pp 94-95; Appian, Civil Wars, 1.44. Poppaedius is said to have killed Caepio , who he held responible for the murder on his friend Drusus, himself.Lynda Telford, Sulla: A Dictator Reconsidered, p. 89. He then went after Caepio's co-commander Gaius Marius, Rome's most experienced general, but was unable to force a decisive engagement.Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, pp 101-102. This lead Poppaedius to challenge Marius: 'So if you are such a great general, Marius, why not come down [from your fortifications] and fight it out?' To this Marius retorted 'Well, if you think you are any good a general, why don't you try to make me?'Plutarch, Life of Marius, 33 During 89 BC the fortunes of war turned against the Italian rebels. Poppaedius, now fighting in Samnium, recaptured the Samnite capital Bovianum which had been taken by Lucius Cornelius Sulla.Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 108. After Bovianum he tried to eject the Romans from Apulia where he was killed in battle by Drusus's brother Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus.Thomas Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, vol II, p. 42; Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 108. 
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Poppaedius was called the 'heart and soul' of the rebellion.Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 66 and p. 108; Smiths, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, p. 3158.
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Quintus Poppaedius Silo was called the 'heart and soul' of the rebellion.Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 66 and p. 108; Smiths, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, p. 3158.