Titus Pullo was one of the two
Roman centurions of the 11th
Legion (
Legio XI Claudia) mentioned in the writings of
Julius Caesar. The other soldier mentioned was
Lucius Vorenus; they appear in Caesar's
Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Book 5, Chapter 44. Pullo and Vorenus were fierce rivals for promotion to
primus pilus, the most senior centurion in a legion. Both distinguished themselves in 54 BC when the
Nervii attacked the legion under
Quintus Cicero in their winter quarters in Nervian territory. In an effort to outdo Vorenus, Pullo charged out of the fortified camp and attacked the enemy, but was soon wounded and surrounded. Vorenus followed and engaged his attackers in hand-to-hand combat, killing one and driving the rest back, but lost his footing and was himself soon surrounded. Pullo in turn rescued Vorenus, and after killing several of the enemy, the pair returned to camp amid applause from their comrades.