Thrasyllus

Family: Roman · Role: companion of Tiberius · First appears: Augustus 98

In Augustus 98, Thrasyllus was Tiberius’s companion, reclining on the other side of the table when Augustus turned to him. He “knew nothing about the matter” and was asked which poet he thought had written a particular verse.

By Tiberius 14, Tiberius had taken Thrasyllus into his family for his proficiency in philosophical researches and astrology, while also intending to throw him into the sea as an impostor who had been entrusted with his secrets too hastily. Thrasyllus then gave Tiberius a remarkable proof of his skill. In Tiberius 62, he was said to have deliberately persuaded Tiberius to defer some of his cruelties.

Relationship record

Life events

• Tiberius took Thrasyllus into his family for his philosophical and astrological expertise.(Tiberius 14)
  • With: Tiberius
  • “whom, for his proficiency in philosophical researches, he had taken into his family.”
• Thrasyllus persuaded Tiberius to defer some of his cruelties.(Tiberius 62)
  • With: Tiberius
  • “and Thrasyllus, designedly, as some say, prevailed with him to defer some of his cruelties”

Augustus 98

• with Tiberius (Thrasyllus is described as Tiberius's companion.) “Then turning to Thrasyllus, a companion of Tiberius, who reclined on the other side of the table,”
• with Tiberius (Thrasyllus is described as Tiberius's companion.) “Then turning to Thrasyllus, a companion of Tiberius, who reclined on the other side of the table, he asked him, who knew nothing about the matter, what poet he thought was the author of that verse;”

Tiberius 14

• patron: Tiberius (Tiberius took Thrasyllus into his family.) “the astrologer, whom, for his proficiency in philosophical researches, he had taken into his family”
• enemies with Tiberius (Tiberius intended to kill Thrasyllus before receiving the favorable omen.) “Tiberius had intended that very moment, when they were walking together, to throw him into the sea, as an impostor, and one to whom he had too hastily entrusted his secrets”
• employer: Tiberius (Tiberius had taken Thrasyllus into his household.) “He then likewise had a remarkable proof of the skill of Thrasyllus, the astrologer, whom, for his proficiency in philosophical researches, he had taken into his family.”

Tiberius 62

• protégé: Tiberius “Had not death prevented him, and Thrasyllus, designedly, as some say, prevailed with him to defer some of his cruelties, in hopes of longer life, it is believed that he would have destroyed many more:”

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