Clodianus

Family: Roman · Role: guard · First appears: Domitian 17

Life events

• Stephanus and Domitian’s attackers stabbed Domitian during a conspiracy.(Domitian 17)
  • With: Stephanus Domitian Maximus Saturius
  • “Stephanus, a steward of Domitilla’s, then under prosecution for defrauding his mistress, offered them his advice and assistance; and wrapping up his left arm, as if it was hurt, in wool and bandages for some days, to prevent suspicion, at the hour appointed, he secreted a dagger in them. Pretending then to make a discovery of a conspiracy, and being for that reason admitted, he presented to the emperor a memorial, and while he was reading it in great astonishment, stabbed him in the groin. But Domitian, though wounded, making resistance, Clodianus, one of his guards, Maximus, a freedman of Parthenius’s, Saturius, his principal chamberlain, with some gladiators, fell upon him, and stabbed him in seven places.”

Domitian 17

• enemies with Domitian “But Domitian, though wounded, making resistance, Clodianus, one of his guards, Maximus, a freedman of Parthenius’s, Saturius, his principal chamberlain, with some gladiators, fell upon him, and stabbed him in seven places.”
• employer: Domitian “Clodianus, one of his guards”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.