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Carbo, Cneius Papirius

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Carbo, Cneius Papirius (nē`əs pəpēr`ēəs kär`bō), d. 82 B.C., Roman political leader. He was consul three times (85 B.C., 84 B.C., 82 B.C.) and one of the leaders of the party of Marius Marius, Caius , c.157 B.C.–86 B.C., Roman general. A plebeian, he became tribune (119 B.C.) and praetor (115 B.C.) and was seven times consul. He served under Scipio Africanus Minor at Numantia and under Quintus Metellus against Jugurtha.
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. After the death of Marius he and his colleague, Cinna Cinna (Lucius Cornelius Cinna) , d. 84 B.C., Roman politician, consul (87 B.C.–84 B.C.), and leader of the popular party. Shortly after Cinna's first election, Sulla left Rome to fight against Mithradates VI of Pontus, having received from Cinna and Cinna's
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, gathered (84 B.C.) an army to oppose Sulla Sulla, Lucius Cornelius , 138 B.C.–78 B.C., Roman general. At the height of his career he assumed the name Felix. He served under Marius in Africa and became consul in 88 B.C., when Mithradates VI of Pontus was overrunning Roman territory in the east.
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 in Italy. When Cinna was murdered in a mutiny, Carbo became chief commander. Sulla gathered strength as he moved slowly N through Italy, and much of Carbo's force deserted. He was defeated at Faventia (present-day Faenza) by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (see under Metellus Metellus , ancient Roman family of the plebeian gens Caecilia.

Lucius Caecilius Metellus, d. c.221 B.C., consul (251 B.C.), fought in the First Punic War.
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) and fled to Africa. He later crossed to Sicily, where he was captured, condemned, and executed by Pompey.


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