Calphurnius Bestia

, a noble Roman bribed by Jugurtha. It is said that he murdered his wives when asleep. Pliny , bk. 27 , ch. 2 .――Cra us, a patrician who went with Regulus against the Ma yli. He was seized by the enemy as he attempted to plunder one of their towns, and he was ordered to be sacrificed to Neptune. Bisaltia the king’s daughter fell in love with him, and gave him an opportunity of escaping and conquering her father. Calphurnius returned victorious, and Bisaltia destroyed herself.――A man who conspired against the emperor Nerva.――Galerianus, son of Piso, put to death, . Tacitus , Histories , bk. 4 , ch. 11 .――Piso, condemned for using seditious words against Tiberius. Tacitus , Histories , bk. 4 , ch. 21 .――Another, famous for his abstinence. Valerius Maximus , bk. 4 , ch. 3 .――Titus, a Latin poet, born in Sicily in the age of Diocletian, seven of whose eclogues are extant, and generally found with the works of the poets who have written on hunting. Though abounding in many beautiful lines, they are, however, greatly inferior to the elegance and simplicity of Virgil. The best edition is that of Kempher, 4to, Leiden, 1728.――A man surnamed Frugi, who composed annals, B.C. 130.