Otho's Faction — Minor Figures
3 figures from Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Barbius Proculus
aide-de-camp in the Body Guard · first appears Histories I.21-25
- Histories I.21-25 · enemies with Galba “Otho then put Onomastus, one of his freedmen, in charge of the projected crime, and Onomastus took into his confidence Barbius Proculus, an aide-de-camp, and a subaltern named Veturius, both in the Body Guard. Having assured himself by many interviews that they were both bold and cunning, Otho proceeded to load them with bribes and promises, providing them with funds to enable them to test the feelings of the others. And so a couple of common soldiers took it upon them to transfer the Roman Empire: and they did it. A very few were admitted as accomplices. These, by various devices, worked on the indecision of the others. The non-commissioned officers who had been promoted by Nymphidius felt themselves under suspicion; the private soldiers were indignant and in despair at the constant postponement of Galba's largess”
- Histories I.21-25 · patron: Otho “Otho proceeded to load them with bribes and promises, providing them with funds to enable them to test the feelings of the others.”
Veturius
subaltern in the Body Guard · first appears Histories I.21-25
- Histories I.21-25 · enemies with Galba “Otho then put Onomastus, one of his freedmen, in charge of the projected crime, and Onomastus took into his confidence Barbius Proculus, an aide-de-camp, and a subaltern named Veturius, both in the Body Guard. Having assured himself by many interviews that they were both bold and cunning, Otho proceeded to load them with bribes and promises, providing them with funds to enable them to test the feelings of the others. And so a couple of common soldiers took it upon them to transfer the Roman Empire: and they did it. A very few were admitted as accomplices. These, by various devices, worked on the indecision of the others. The non-commissioned officers who had been promoted by Nymphidius felt themselves under suspicion; the private soldiers were indignant and in despair at the constant postponement of Galba's largess”
- Histories I.21-25 · patron: Otho “Otho proceeded to load them with bribes and promises, providing them with funds to enable them to test the feelings of the others.”
Maevius Pudens
agitator · first appears Histories I.21-25
- Histories I.21-25 · friends with Tigellinus “Maevius Pudens, one of Tigellinus' intimates, added fuel to their feelings”
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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.