Aulus Baebius
Roman eques of Asta, in Hispania, who deserted the Pompeian party in the Spanish War, and went over to Caesar, in 45 BC
Aulus Baebius was a Roman eques of the town of Asta in Spain who deserted the Pompeian party during Julius Caesar's campaigns on the Iberian Peninsula, and went over to the side of Caesar in 45 BCE.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Baebius (10)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 453.
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