Berenice

Also known as: Queen Berenice · Family: Judaean · Role: queen · First appears: Histories II.1-4

Life events

Berenice enthusiastically supported Vespasian with munificent gifts.(Histories II.78-81)
- With: Vespasian
- “His sister Berenice showed equal enthusiasm for the cause. She was then in the flower of her youth and beauty, and her munificent gifts to Vespasian quite won the old man's heart.”

admirer: Titus Vespasianus (Titus is described as romantically attracted to Berenice.) “Some people believed that his longing to get back to Queen Berenice fired him to return. True, the young man's fancy was attracted by Berenice, but he did not allow this to interfere with business.”

friends with Vespasian (Berenice enthusiastically supported Vespasian's cause.) “His sister Berenice showed equal enthusiasm for the cause. She was then in the flower of her youth and beauty, and her munificent gifts to Vespasian quite won the old man's heart.”
protégé: Vespasian (Berenice gave substantial gifts to Vespasian.) “His sister Berenice showed equal enthusiasm for the cause. She was then in the flower of her youth and beauty, and her munificent gifts to Vespasian quite won the old man's heart.”
siblings with Agrippa (Berenice is explicitly identified as Agrippa's sister.) “Before long Agrippa, too, received a secret summons from his friends at home, and leaving Rome without the knowledge of Vitellius, sailed as fast as he could to join Vespasian. His sister Berenice showed equal enthusiasm for the cause.”

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