Quintus Sertorius
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Quintus Sertorius was a Roman general and statesman who led a large-scale rebellion against the Roman Senate on the Iberian Peninsula. Defying the regime of Sulla, Sertorius became the independent ruler of Hispania for most of a decade until his assassination.
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1st century BC marble portrait bust thought to be of Gaius Marius.
Marble portrait bust thought to be Sulla. Sulla's opposition and disfavour significantly altered the career and fate of Sertorius.
Iberia, showing the Roman Provinces in the time of Sertorius.![Silver denarius issued c.81 BC by Gaius Annius, on his way to fight Sertorius. The reverse features the name of Lucius Fabius Hispaniensis, Annius's quaestor. Fabius later joined the Sertorians, probably after being proscribed, and finally took part in Sertorius' assassination.[79]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/C._Annius_T.f._T.n_%26_L._Fabius_L.f._Hispaniensis._Silver_Denarius.jpg/500px-C._Annius_T.f._T.n_%26_L._Fabius_L.f._Hispaniensis._Silver_Denarius.jpg)
Silver denarius issued c.81 BC by Gaius Annius, on his way to fight Sertorius. The reverse features the name of Lucius Fabius Hispaniensis, Annius's quaestor. Fabius later joined the Sertorians, probably after being proscribed, and finally took part in Sertorius' assassination.[79]
Quintus Sertorius and the horse tail, by Gerard van der Kuijl, 1638
A statue (2nd century AD) discovered at Italica, Seville, portrays Diana with a fawn skin draped over a tree stump![Sertorius and the Example of the Horses, after Hans Holbein the Younger. The drawing illustrates the example Sertorius gave to his followers that in the same way a horse's tail can be picked out hair by hair but not pulled out all at once, so smaller forces could defeat the Roman armies.[112]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Setorius_and_the_Example_of_the_Horses%2C_after_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg/1280px-Setorius_and_the_Example_of_the_Horses%2C_after_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg)
Sertorius and the Example of the Horses, after Hans Holbein the Younger. The drawing illustrates the example Sertorius gave to his followers that in the same way a horse's tail can be picked out hair by hair but not pulled out all at once, so smaller forces could defeat the Roman armies.[112]Awards 1
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Born 123 BC
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