Licinius Proculus

Family: Otho · Role: prefect of the Praetorian Guards · First appears: Histories I.46-49

Life events

• Plotius Firmus and Licinius Proculus were chosen as prefects by the Praetorian Guards.(Histories I.46-49)
  • With: Plotius Firmus
  • “The Praetorian Guards chose their own prefects, Plotius Firmus, a man who had risen from the ranks to the post of Chief of Police, and joined Otho's side before Galba's fall, and Licinius Proculus, an intimate friend of Otho, and therefore suspected of furthering his plans.”
• Licinius Proculus and Plotius Firmus announced a payment of five thousand sesterces to each soldier.(Histories I.81-84)
  • With: Plotius Firmus
  • “They concluded by announcing that the men were to receive five thousand sesterces apiece.”
• Otho appointed Suetonius Paulinus, Marius Celsus, Annius Gallus, and Licinius Proculus to command the forces.(Histories I.85-88)
  • With: Otho Suetonius Paulinus Marius Celsus Annius Gallus
  • “In command of the cavalry and infantry he placed Suetonius Paulinus, Marius Celsus, and Annius Gallus, but the man in whom he put most faith was the Prefect of the Guards, Licinius Proculus.”
• Vitellius acquitted Suetonius Paulinus and Licinius Proculus after accepting their claims of treachery.(Histories II.59-63)
  • With: Vitellius Suetonius Paulinus
  • “Vitellius believed their protestations of treason, and acquitted them of all suspicion of loyalty.”

Histories I.46-49

• friends with Otho “Licinius Proculus, an intimate friend of Otho, and therefore suspected of furthering his plans.”

Histories I.81-84

• employer: Otho “Their prefects, Licinius Proculus and Plotius Firmus, harangued them by companies, the one mildly, the other harshly, for they were men of different natures.”

Histories I.85-88

• employer: Otho “In command of the cavalry and infantry he placed Suetonius Paulinus, Marius Celsus, and Annius Gallus, but the man in whom he put most faith was the Prefect of the Guards, Licinius Proculus.”

Histories II.59-63

• patron: Vitellius “Vitellius believed their protestations of treason, and acquitted them of all suspicion of loyalty.”

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