Tamphilus
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Tamphilo Proper-name noun masculine ablative singular, Proper-name noun masculine dative singular of Tamphilus
- a Roman surname.
- 1 Cn. Baebius Tamphilus, Liv. 31, 49 fin.; Nep. Hann. 13, 1.—
- 2 Baebius Tamphilus, Liv. 21, 6.— Hence, Tamphĭlĭānus, a, um, adj., belonging to Tamphilus: domus, Nep. Att. 13, 2.
or Ta'mpilus, the name of a family of the plebeian Baebia gens. In the Fasti Capitolini we find Tamphilus, but on coins Tampilus.
1. Q. Baebius Tamphilus, was sent in B. C. 219, along with P. Valerius Flaccus, by the Roman senate to Hannibal at Saguntum, and afterwards proceeded to Carthage, when Hannibal would not listen to them. Tamphilus was also sent in the following year on another embassy to Carthage. (Liv. 21.6. 9, 18; Cic. Phil. 5.10.)
2. Cn. Baebius Tamphilus, tribune of the plebs, B. C. 204, impeached the censors, M. Livius Salinator and C. Claudiuis Nero, on account of the way in which they had administered the duties of their office; but the senate, although discontented with the conduct of the censors, obliged the tribune to drop the prosecution, as they thought it more advisable to uphold the principle of the irresponsibility of the censors than to inflict upon then the punishment they deserved. In B. C. 199 Tamphilus was praetor, and received the command of the legions of the consul of the preceding year, C. Aurelius Cotta, which were stationed in the neighborhood of Ariminum, with instructions to await the arrival rival of the new consul, C. Cornelius Lentulus. But Tamphilus, anxious to obtain glory, made an incursion into the country of the Insubrii, by whom he was defeated with great loss. On the arrival of Lentulus soon afterwards, he was ordered dered to leave the province, and was sent lack to Rome in disgrace. In B. C. 186 Tamphilus was one of the triumviri for founding two colonies, and in B. C. 1182 he was consul with L. Aemilius Paulus. In conjunction with his colleague, Tamphilus fought aginst the Ligurians with success, and remained in the country as proconsul in the following year. (Liv. 29.37; V. Max. 7.2.6; Liv. 31.49, 50, 32.1. 7, 39.23, 56, 40.1, 16, 25.)
3. M. Baebius Tamphilus, brother of No. 2, was one of the triumviri for founding a colony in B. C. 194. He was praetor in B. C. 192, when he received Bruttii as his province, with two legions, and 1500 foot-soldiers and 500 horse of the allies. In consequence of the threatening war with Antiochus the Great, he was ordered to march with these troops to the neighbourhood of Brundisium and Tarentum, and soon afterwards to cross over with them to Epeirus. He remained in Greece the following year as propraetor, and took an active part in the war against Antiochus. In conjunction with Philip, king of Macedonia, he marched into Thessaly, and as Antiochus retreated before them, Tamphilus obtained possession of many important towns in Thessaly. The consul M'. Acilius Glabrio arrived soon afterwards, and took the command of the troops, but Tamphilus continued in Greece, serving under the consul. (Liv. 34.45, 35.10, 23, 24, 36.8, 10, 13, 14, 22.)
In B. C. 186, Tamphilus was one of the three ambassadors sent to settle the disputes between Eumenes and Philip and the Thessalian states. In B. C. 181 he was consul with P. Cornelius Cethegus. Both consuls received Liguria as their province, but they did not engage in any military operations. In the following year, however, when their command was prolonged till the arrival of the new consuls, they marched at the commencement of the spring into the territory of the Apuani Ligures, who, taken unawares, found themselves obliged to surrender. In order to prevent a renewal of the war, the consuls transported 40,000 of these people, with their wives and children, to Samnium. On account of this success, they triumphed on their return to Rome, being the first instance in which this honour had been conferred upon generals who had not carried on a war. (Liv. 39.23, 24, 40.18, 35, 37, 38.)
4. Cn. Baebius Tamphilus, probably son of No. 2, was praetor urbanus, B. C. 168. In the following year he was one of the five legati sent into Illyricum. (Liv. 44.17, 45.17).
The following coin of C. Baebius Tamphilus has on the obverse the head of Pallas, and on the reverse Apollo driving a quadriga.