"Gaius Carinnas (d.82 BC) " Topic

"Gaius Carinnas (d.82 BC) was a senior commander on the Marian side during Sulla's Second Civil War, but he was defeated in all of his recorded battles, and was executed after the battle of the Colline Gate.

Soon after Sulla landed in southern Italy the young Pompey began to raise an army in Picenum, on the Adriatic coast to the north-east of Rome. The consuls sent three armies to deal with this new threat, under Carinnas, Cloelius and Junius Brutus. Pompey attacked and defeated Brutus and all three armies then retreated.

At the start of the campaign of 82 BC the consul Gnaeus Papirius Carbo moved north to deal with Sulla's allies Metellus Pius and Pompey. Carinnas was part of this force, possibly commanding the advance guard. He was defeated in a battle that lasted from early morning to noon by Metellus (and probably Pompey) on the River Aesis, the northern boundary of Picenum, on the Adriatic Coast, and lost part of his cavalry. Carbo then arrived, and Metellus was forced to retreat and was besieged at an unknown location north of Ariminum…."
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