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Pacuvius Calavius
Pacuvius Calavius was the chief magistrate of Capua during the Second Punic War. In the aftermath of the Battle of Lake Trasimene, he prevented the people of Capua from surrendering the city to Hannibal. When the Capuans finally capitulated, he dissuaded his son from a rash attempt on the life of the Carthaginian general.〔''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', William Smith, Editor.〕
==Background==
Calavius was descended from the noble Campanian family of the Calavii, which first appeared in history a century earlier, during the Great Samnite War. He was connected by marriage with some of the leading families at Rome. His wife, Claudia, was the daughter of Publius Claudius Pulcher, consul in 249 B.C., and his daughter, Calavia, married Marcus Livius Salinator, consul in 219 and 207 B.C. He may have had a brother, Sthenius, but the historian Livius states that he was one of the Ninnii Celeres.〔Titus Livius, ''Ab Urbe Condita'', xxiii. 2, 8.〕〔''Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft''.〕
In 218 B.C., Hannibal invaded Italy, and began his relentless march down the peninsula, inflicting devastating losses to Romans at the Battle of the Trebia, and the following year at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. As Hannibal approached Campania, Calavius, who was chief magistrate of Capua, apprehended that the people were so frightened by the approach of the Carthaginian forces, that they would demand the surrender of the city, and perhaps massacre the Capuan senate, which opposed capitulation.〔Titus Livius, ''Ab Urbe Condita'', xxiii. 2.〕
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