Oppius
17. Oppius Statianus, legate of M. Antonius in his unfortunate canlpaigl against the Parthians in B. D. 36. When Antonius hastened forward to besiege Phraata, he left Oppius with two legions and the baggage to follow him; but Oppius was surprised by the enemy, and he and all his men were cut to pieces. (D. C. 49.25, 44; Plut. Ant. 38.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.