Calavia gens
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Calavia gens
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The gens Calavia was a distinguished Campanian family of Roman times. Several members of this gens were involved in the events of the Samnite Wars and during the Second Punic War. The most famous of its members was undoubtedly Pacuvius Calavius, the chief magistrate of Capua during Hannibal's invasion of Italy, and son-in-law of Publius Claudius Pulcher. When Calavius feared that the Capuans would massacre their own senators and surrender the city to Hannibal, he shut them in the senate-house un
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Ancient Roman family
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calavia_gens
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2021-07-21T09:20:38Z
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