Tettius Julianus

Family: Roman · Role: legionary commander · First appears: Histories I.77-80

Life events

• Marcus Aponius received a triumphal statue, while three commanders received consular insignia.(Histories I.77-80 · 📍 Moesia)
  • With: Marcus Aponius Fulvius Aurelius Numisius Lupus
  • “When the news of this reached Rome, Marcus Aponius, the governor of Moesia, was granted a triumphal statue, while the commanding officers of the legions, Fulvius Aurelius, Tettius Julianus, and Numisius Lupus, received the insignia of consular rank.”
• Aponius Saturninus ordered Tettius Julianus murdered, but Julianus escaped into the wilderness.(Histories II.82-86 · 📍 Moesia)
  • With: Aponius Saturninus
  • “He sent a centurion to murder Tettius Julianus, who commanded the Seventh legion, alleging the interests of his party as a cloak for a personal quarrel. Julianus heard of his danger and, taking some guides who knew the country, escaped into the wilds of Moesia and got as far as Mount Haemus.”
• Tettius Julianus lost his praetorship, which was transferred to Plotius Grypus.(Histories IV.36-39 · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Plotius Grypus Vespasian
  • “Tettius Julianus, who had left his legion when it went over to Vespasian, was deprived of his praetorship, which was conferred upon Plotius Grypus.”

Histories I.77-80

• employer: Otho “Otho was delighted and took all the credit to himself, as if he had been the successful general, and had himself employed his officers and armies to enlarge the empire.”
• patron: Otho “When the news of this reached Rome, Marcus Aponius, the governor of Moesia, was granted a triumphal statue, while the commanding officers of the legions, Fulvius Aurelius, Tettius Julianus, and Numisius Lupus, received the insignia of consular rank.”

Histories II.82-86

• enemies with Aponius Saturninus “He sent a centurion to murder Tettius Julianus, who commanded the Seventh legion, alleging the interests of his party as a cloak for a personal quarrel.”

Histories IV.36-39

• with Plotius Grypus (Grypus received the praetorship after Julianus was deprived of it.) “Tettius Julianus, who had left his legion when it went over to Vespasian, was deprived of his praetorship, which was conferred upon Plotius Grypus.”

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