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Titus Pullo (given as T. Pulfio in some translations) was one of the two soldiers of the 13th Legion (Legio XIII Gemina) mentioned in the personal writings of Julius Caesar. The other soldier mentioned was Lucius Vorenus.
He appears, along with Vorenus, in Caesar's De Bello Gallico, Book 5, Chapter 44. The episode describes the two as centurions, approaching the first ranks, who shared a bitter rivalry. It relates how Pullo charges the enemy (the Nervii) in the heat of battle. He casts his javelin at one of the enemy from a short distance, but he is in turn pierced by a spear and surrounded by other Nervii who prevent him from drawing his sword. At that moment, his rival Vorenus, who had followed him from the fortifications, reaches the site of the mêlée and draws the enemy's attention away from Pullo by engaging in hand-to-hand combat with those assailing him. After slaying one of the enemy and driving back the rest, Vorenus loses his footing on the irregular terrain; as the Nervii draw closer to him, Pullo comes to his rescue and, after slaying many of their opponents, the two retreat to the fortifications admidst roaring applause from their comrades in arms.
Titus Pullo is also a character in the television series Rome, played by actor Ray Stevenson, and loosely based on the historical Pullo.
External links
- De Bello Gallico: V:XLIV (Latin original)
- The War in Gaul: 5:44 (W. A. MacDevitt's English translation)
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