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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 (mâr`ēəs), c.157 B.C.–86 B.C., Roman general. A plebeian, he became tribune (119 B.C.) and praetor (115 B.
..... Click the link for more information. . After the death of Marius he and his colleague, Cinna Cinna (Lucius Cornelius Cinna) (sĭn`ə), d. 84 B.C., Roman politician, consul (87 B.C.–84 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , gathered (84 B.C.) an army to oppose Sulla Sulla, Lucius Cornelius (l
..... Click the link for more information. 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 Lucius Caecilius Metellus, d. c.221 B.C., consul (251 B.C.), fought in the First Punic War. He was pontifex maximus (from 243) and was said to have been blinded (241) in rescuing the Palladium from the burning temple of Vesta.
..... Click the link for more information. ) and fled to Africa. He later crossed to Sicily, where he was captured, condemned, and executed by Pompey.