Basilides

Family: Egyptian · Role: priest · First appears: Histories II.78-81

Life events

• Vespasian saw Basilides as an apparition despite Basilides being ill and far from Alexandria.(Histories IV.82-85)
  • With: Vespasian
  • “While absorbed in his devotions, he suddenly saw behind him an Egyptian noble, named Basilides, whom he knew to be lying ill several days' journey from Alexandria.”

Histories II.78-81

• with Vespasian (Basilides was the priest who interpreted omens for Vespasian.) “Once when Vespasian was sacrificing on this altar, brooding on his secret ambition, the priest, Basilides, after a minute inspection of the omens said to him: 'Whatever it is which you have in mind, Vespasian, whether it is to build a house or to enlarge your estate, or to increase the number of your slaves, there is granted to you a great habitation, vast acres, and a multitude of men.'”
• with Vespasian (Basilides was the priest who interpreted the omens for Vespasian.) “Once when Vespasian was sacrificing on this altar, brooding on his secret ambition, the priest, Basilides, after a minute inspection of the omens said to him: 'Whatever it is which you have in mind, Vespasian, whether it is to build a house or to enlarge your estate, or to increase the number of your slaves, there is granted to you a great habitation, vast acres, and a multitude of men.'”

Histories IV.82-85

• with Vespasian (Vespasian knew Basilides personally.) “While absorbed in his devotions, he suddenly saw behind him an Egyptian noble, named Basilides, whom he knew to be lying ill several days' journey from Alexandria.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.