by various authors, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology… (1849)
“ He levied a legion among the Hirpini, and was of no small assistance to T. Didius and L. Sulla. So great were his services, that the Roman people bestowed upon him the Roman franchise, and elected two of his sons to the praetorship. (Vell. Pat. ii. 16.) ”
by various authors, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology… (1849)
“ Magius) , of Cremona, was praefectus fabrum in the army of Pompey at the breaking out of the civil war in b. c. 49. He was apprehended by Caesar's troops while he was on his journey to join Pompey at Brundisium, and Caesar availed himself of the opportunity to send by means of Magius offers of peace to Pompey, who was then at Brundisium. (Caes. B. C. i. 24; Caes. ad Att. ix. 13. § 8, ix. 13, a, ix. 7, c.) 9. L. Magius, a rhetorician, who married a daughter of the historian Livy. (Senec. Controv. lib. v. Prooem.) ”
