Cornelius Gallus advanced with Scarpus’ legions from the west against Alexandria. When Antony and Cleopatra died, Octavian became the new Roman master and then emperor. Augustus had appointed his cousin as the Roman governor of Cyrenaica. Scarpus, as he did for Antony, became a moneyer and had issued various coins bearing Augustus’ name. On these coins, Scarpus had his name inscribed as an issuer of the coins. Beyond that, nothing is known of Scarpus. In fiction Lucius Pinarius is the protagonist in the last part of Steven Saylor's book Roma. The book follows the known facts of his life but adds many episodes not attested in historical sources. As depicted in the book, on the last evening of his life Julius Caesar had a long personal talk with Pinarius (then seventeen years old), telling of his plans for conquest of Parthia and beyond and promising Pinarius a share in the greater Roman Empire which Caesar envisaged. On the following day, while visiting the house of Brutus, Pinarius discovered the plot to kill Caesar, ran as fast as he could in order to warn him - but arrived just too late, only in time to see Caesar being actually assassinated. In a later part Saylor depicts Pinarius as being secretly in love with Cleopatra and - wanting to spare her humiliation and degradation at the hands of the victorious Augustus - providing her with the asp with which she committed suicide. See also Pinaria gens Footnotes References Sources Suetonius, The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Caesar Ancientlibrary.com Wildwinds.com External links Coinage that Scarpus issued for Antony as moneyer in Cyrene. See the left side codes RSC 1a, RSC 1b & RSC 1d for coinage Coinage of Scarpus 1st-century BC Romans Ancient Roman generals Family of Julius Caesar Lucius