Caile Vipinas

Caile Vipinas is the brother who is taken. In the François Tomb at Vulci he stands with his hands tied while Macstrna cuts him loose and the rest of the band cuts down champions from Volsinii, Sovana and Rome. The emperor Claudius, arguing in the Senate for the admission of Gauls, cited the adventures of this same Caelius Vibenna and his companion Mastarna — evidence that the Vulcian story was known at Rome and taken seriously there. Roman tradition also derived the name of the Caelian Hill from him.

Domains

• war

Relations

• sibling: Avile VipinasBrother of Avile Vipinas, with whom he is named throughout the Vulcian tradition.Reference article 'Caelius Vibenna': he was the brother of Aulus Vibenna. (secondary)
• companion: MacstrnaFreed from his bonds by Macstrna in the tomb frieze; Claudius calls Mastarna his companion.François Tomb, Vulci — Macstrna frees the bound Caile Vipinas. (archaeological); The emperor Claudius, in his speech on the admission of Gallic notables to the Senate, on the adventures of Caelius Vibenna and his companion Mastarna. (primary)
• enemy: CacuAdvances on the seer Cacu in the mirror scene, with the same ambiguity between eavesdropping and capture.Etruscan mirrors in which Aule and Caile Vipinas advance on the seated seer Cacu. (iconographic)

Sources

• Caile Vipinas (Caelius Vibenna) is an Etruscan warrior-hero of Vulci, brother of Avile Vipinas, painted in the François Tomb bound and being freed by Macstrna, and named by the emperor Claudius as the companion of Mastarna.: François Tomb, Vulci, battle frieze. (archaeological); The emperor Claudius, on the adventures of Caelius Vibenna and his companion Mastarna. (primary); Reference article 'Caelius Vibenna'. (secondary)