Cornelius Fuscus

Family: Vespasian party · Role: imperial agent in Pannonia · First appears: Histories II.82-86

Life events

Cornelius Fuscus joined Vespasian's party and intensified the civil war.(Histories II.82-86 · 📍 Pannonia)
- With: Vespasian
- “Then he joined Vespasian's party, giving a keen stimulus to the war; for, being attracted more by danger itself than by its prizes, he always disliked what was certain and long established, preferring everything that was new and dangerous and doubtful.”
Cornelius Fuscus persuaded Tampius Flavianus to resume his title and enter the civil war.(Histories III.1-4)
- With: Tampius Flavianus
- “It was Cornelius Fuscus who had persuaded him to this”
Cornelius Fuscus advanced and invested Ariminum by land and sea.(Histories III.39-43 · 📍 Ariminum)
- “Cornelius Fuscus advanced his force and, stationing Liburnian cruisers along the adjoining coast, invested the town by land and sea.”

friends with Vespasian “Then he joined Vespasian's party, giving a keen stimulus to the war.”

enemies with Vitellius “Next to Antonius in influence stood Cornelius Fuscus, the imperial agent. He, too, always attacked Vitellius in no mild terms, and had left himself no hope in case of failure.”
with Tampius Flavianus (Fuscus persuaded Flavianus to resume his title and take part in the civil war.) “It was Cornelius Fuscus who had persuaded him to this--not that he needed his assistance, but because he felt that, especially at the outset of the rising, the prestige of an ex-consul would be a valuable asset to the party.”

enemies with Fabius Valens “Valens' departure having dispirited the troops at Ariminum, Cornelius Fuscus advanced his force and, stationing Liburnian cruisers along the adjoining coast, invested the town by land and sea.”

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