A story told by Plutarch tells of Silo , who made a visit to his friend Marcus Livius and met the children of the house. In a playful mood he asked the children's support for his cause. All of them nodded and smiled except Cato the Younger, who stared at the guest with most suspicious looks. Silo demanded an answer from him and seeing no response took Cato and hung him by the feet out of the window. Even then, Cato would not say anything.Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger, 2. 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.
A story told by Plutarch tells of Silo making a visit to his friend Marcus Livius and meeting the children of the house. In a playful mood he asked the children's support for his cause. All of them nodded and smiled except Cato the Younger, who stared at the guest with most suspicious looks. Silo demanded an answer from him and seeing no response took Cato and hung him by the feet out of the window. Even then, Cato would not say anything.Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger, 2. Poppaedius is said to have killed Caepio himself as Poppaedius he held Caepio responsible for the murder of his friend Drusus .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 led 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 but 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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