Otho — Minor Figures
5 figures from Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Antonius Novellus
senior centurion · first appears Histories I.85-88
- Histories I.85-88 · employer: Otho “The command of the expedition was entrusted to Antonius Novellus and Suedius Clemens, both senior centurions, and to Aemilius Pacensis, to whom Otho had restored his commission, of which Galba had deprived him.”
Celsus
general · first appears Histories II.36-40
- Histories II.36-40 · employer: Otho “When Otho started for Brixellum, he left his brother Titianus in nominal command, though the real power lay with the prefect Proculus. As for Celsus and Paulinus, no use was made of their experience”
- Histories II.41-44 · patron: Annius Gallus “Night came to the aid of Titianus and Celsus, for Annius Gallus had already placed sentinels on guard and got the men under control. Using remonstrances, prayers, and commands, he had induced them not to add to the disaster of their defeat by murdering their own friends.”
Marcianus Icelus
freedman · first appears Histories I.46-49
- Histories I.46-49 · enemies with Otho “Marcianus Icelus, as being one of his own freedmen, he sentenced to public execution.”
- Histories I.46-49 · employer: Otho “Marcianus Icelus, as being one of his own freedmen, he sentenced to public execution.”
Moschus
freedman · first appears Histories I.85-88
- Histories I.85-88 · employer: Otho “In charge of the fleet he still retained the freedman Moschus to keep an eye on his betters.”
Suedius Clemens
senior centurion · first appears Histories I.85-88
- Histories I.85-88 · employer: Otho “The command of the expedition was entrusted to Antonius Novellus and Suedius Clemens, both senior centurions, and to Aemilius Pacensis, to whom Otho had restored his commission, of which Galba had deprived him.”
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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.