Titianus

Family: Otho's party · Role: Otho's brother · First appears: Histories I.72-76

Life events

• Vitellius threatened Titianus’s life and his son’s to protect his own household.(Histories I.72-76)
  • With: Vitellius
  • “Vitellius then composed a letter to Otho's brother Titianus, threatening that his life and his son's should answer for the safety of Vitellius' mother and children.”
• Otho appointed his brother Titianus to supreme command.(Histories II.23-26)
  • With: Otho
  • “He therefore sent for his brother Titianus and gave him the chief command.”
• Otho departed for Brixellum and left Titianus in nominal command.(Histories II.36-40 · 📍 Brixellum)
  • With: Otho
  • “When Otho started for Brixellum, he left his brother Titianus in nominal command”
• The army advanced and encamped west of Bedriacum despite Celsus and Paulinus opposing the assault.(Histories II.36-40 · 📍 Bedriacum)
  • With: Celsus Paulinus
  • “It was decided to advance and encamp four miles west of Bedriacum.”
• Otho ordered his generals to attack immediately after rejecting their delay.(Histories II.36-40)
  • With: Otho
  • “there arrived post-haste a Numidian orderly with a peremptory dispatch from Otho, criticizing his generals' inaction, and ordering them to bring matters to a head.”
• Annius Gallus restored order and prevented defeated troops from murdering their fellow soldiers.(Histories II.41-44 · 📍 Bedriacum)
  • With: Annius Gallus Celsus
  • “Annius Gallus had already placed sentinels on guard and got the men under control.”

Histories I.72-76

• siblings with Otho “Vitellius then composed a letter to Otho's brother Titianus, threatening that his life and his son's should answer for the safety of Vitellius' mother and children.”
• enemies with Vitellius “Vitellius then composed a letter to Otho's brother Titianus, threatening that his life and his son's should answer for the safety of Vitellius' mother and children.”

Histories I.77-80

• siblings with Otho “He held the consulship himself with his brother Titianus as colleague until the first of March.”

Histories II.23-26

• siblings with Otho “He therefore sent for his brother Titianus and gave him the chief command.”
• employer: Otho (Otho appointed Titianus to the chief command.) “He therefore sent for his brother Titianus and gave him the chief command.”

Histories II.32-35

• siblings with Otho “His brother Titianus and Proculus, the prefect of the Guard, with all the impatience of inexperience, stoutly maintained that fortune and Providence, and Otho's own good genius inspired his policy, and would inspire its performance.”

Histories II.36-40

• siblings with Otho “When Otho started for Brixellum, he left his brother Titianus in nominal command”
• employer: Otho “When Otho started for Brixellum, he left his brother Titianus in nominal command”

Histories II.41-44

• patron: Annius Gallus (Annius Gallus's intervention protected Titianus from the mutinous troops.) “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.”

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