Domitius Calvinus was a member of the plebeian gens Domitia, who was elected praetor, serving in the office around the year 80 BC.
Therefore, they turned Hispania Ulterior into a proconsular province and sent the proconsul Metellus Pius as its new governor, and also gave him the command of the war against Sertorius.
[4] It was around this time, with Metellus Pius on his way, that Domitius Calvinus crossed over into Hispania Ulterior, but found his passage blocked by the army of Hirtuleius who had fortified Consabura.
[5]Eventually a battle was fought at the Anas river;[6] here, the two forces engaged each other, with the end result that Domitius’ army was defeated.
[7][8][9] Metellus Pius, unaware of the disaster, had already sent a legate named Lucius Thorius Balbus to provide assistance to Domitius Calvinus, but he too was defeated, this time by Sertorius.