Spurinna

Family: Othonian · Role: commander · First appears: Histories II.18-22

Life events

Spurinna’s troops mutinied, seized the standards, and threatened any general who tried to restrain them.(Histories II.18-22 · 📍 Placentia)
- “Seizing the standards and colours they broke out, threatening to kill the general who tried to check them and paying no heed to their superior officers.”
Spurinna restored discipline and led the troops back to Placentia, where the defenses were strengthened.(Histories II.18-22 · 📍 Placentia)
- “Finally Spurinna himself rather explained his plans than reproached their faults, and, leaving patrols behind, succeeded eventually in leading the rest of the men back to Placentia in a quieter and more submissive frame of mind.”
Spurinna ordered the camp entrenched, prompting his town-bred troops to abandon their mutinous enthusiasm.(Histories II.18-22 · 📍 Placentia)
- “At nightfall, with the Po in sight, Spurinna decided to entrench his camp.”

enemies with Caecina “he could not pit three cohorts of guards with one detachment a thousand strong, and a few cavalry, against Caecina's veteran army.”
friends with Otho “They even clamoured that Otho was being betrayed, and Caecina had been summoned. Spurinna yielded unwillingly to their folly, at first under compulsion, later with a show of sympathy.”

with Annius Gallus (Spurinna informed Annius Gallus by letter.) “Spurinna, learning the enemy's route, informed Annius Gallus by letter of all that had happened, the defence of Placentia and Caecina's plans.”

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