Alpinius Montanus

Alpinius Montanus (fl. 1st century CE) was one of the Treviri, a tribe of the Belgae, the indigenous peoples living in northern Gaul.{{cite encyclopedia | last = Smith | first = William | authorlink = William Smith (lexicographer) | title = Alpinus Montanus | editor = William Smith | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 134 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0143.html | accessdate = 2009-08-09 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080527153044/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0143.html | archivedate = 2008-05-27 | url-status = usurped }} He was the commander of a cohort in the army of the Roman emperor Vitellius, and was sent into Germany after the Battle of Bedriacum in the year 69.Tacitus, Histories [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Tac.%20Hist.%203.35&lang=original III:35]. Tacitus mentions that Montanus and his men accepted the Vitellians' defeat by the Flavians and felt little attachment to either side.Tacitus, Histories [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Tac.%20Hist.%204.31&lang=original IV:31]. Together with his brother, Decimus Alpinius, he joined the revolt of Gaius Julius Civilis against Roman rule in the next year.Tacitus, Histories [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0080%3Abook%3D5%3Achapter%3D19 V:19]. He was one of those who crossed the Rhine to try to rally support for the rebellion among the peoples of Germania Libera.