Lucius Otho

Family: Otho family · Role: father of Otho · First appears: Otho 1

In Otho 1, Lucius Otho showed the courage to punish with death soldiers involved in an insurrection in Illyricum: “He had the courage to punish with death some soldiers in Illyricum”. He later recovered Claudius’s favour by revealing a plot against his life, after which the senate ordered a statue of him to be erected in the palace. Claudius advanced him to the dignity of a patrician and commended him in the highest terms.

Lucius Otho was dearly beloved by Tiberius, whom most people believed to be his father. With Albia Terentia, he had two sons, Lucius Titianus and a younger son called Otho, also named Marcus; he also had a daughter whom he contracted to Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus) before she was of marriageable age.

Relationship record

Life events

• Lucius Otho ordered the execution of soldiers involved in an insurrection.(Otho 1 · 📍 Illyricum)
  • “He had the courage to punish with death some soldiers in Illyricum”
• Lucius Otho revealed to Claudius a plot against his life and recovered court favour.(Otho 1)
  • With: Claudius
  • “by discovering to Claudius a design upon his life”
• The senate ordered a statue of Lucius Otho erected in the palace.(Otho 1)
  • “For the senate ordered a statue of him to be erected in the palace”
• Claudius advanced Lucius Otho to the dignity of patrician.(Otho 1)
  • With: Claudius
  • “And Claudius advanced him to the dignity of a patrician”
• Lucius Otho and Albia Terentia had two sons, Lucius Titianus and Otho.(Otho 1)
  • With: Albia Terentia Lucius Titianus Otho
  • “He had two sons by a very noble woman, Albia Terentia, namely; Lucius Titianus, and a younger called Marcus, who had the same cognomen as himself.”
• Lucius Otho contracted his daughter to Drusus before she reached marriageable age.(Otho 1)
  • With: Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus)
  • “He had also a daughter, whom he contracted to Drusus, Germanicus’s son, before she was of marriageable age.”

Otho 1

• child: Otho “He had two sons by a very noble woman, Albia Terentia, namely; Lucius Titianus, and a younger called Marcus”
• parent: Tiberius (Reported belief rather than established parentage.) “most people believed Tiberius was his father”
• admirer: Tiberius “so dearly beloved by Tiberius”
• child: Lucius Titianus “He had two sons by a very noble woman, Albia Terentia, namely; Lucius Titianus, and a younger called Marcus”
• protégé: Claudius “which, however, he soon recovered, by discovering to Claudius a design upon his life, carried on by a Roman knight”
• employer: Claudius “And Claudius advanced him to the dignity of a patrician, commending him, at the same time, in the highest terms”

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