Julius Tutor

Family: Treviran · Role: commander · First appears: Histories IV.55-58

Life events

• Julius Tutor and Julius Sabinus joined Civilis and Classicus in the conspiracy.(Histories IV.55-58)
  • With: Civilis Classicus Julius Sabinus
  • “These two were now joined by Julius Tutor and Julius Sabinus”
• The conspirators bound supporters and organized a Gallic revolt at a private conference.(Histories IV.55-58 · 📍 Cologne)
  • With: Civilis Classicus Julius Sabinus
  • “having bound to the conspiracy those who were considered fit, they held a conference at Cologne in a private house”
• The conspirators decided to spare Vitellius' soldiers and seduce them into alliance.(Histories IV.55-58)
  • With: Civilis Classicus Julius Sabinus Vitellius
  • “However, the idea of sparing them carried the day. To destroy all hope of pardon would only steel their obstinacy: it was much better to seduce them into alliance”
• The conspirators feigned loyalty to Vocula while secretly preparing their betrayal.(Histories IV.55-58)
  • With: Civilis Classicus Julius Sabinus Vocula
  • “The conspirators themselves feigned loyalty to Vocula, hoping to catch him off his guard.”
• Classicus and Julius Tutor ratified their compact and separated from the Roman legions.(Histories IV.55-58 · 📍 Vetera)
  • With: Classicus
  • “Classicus and Tutor rode forward on a pretext of scouting, and ratified their compact with the German leaders. They were now for the first time separated from the legions, and entrenched themselves in a camp of their own.”

Histories IV.55-58

• enemies with Civilis “negotiations passed between Civilis and Classicus, who commanded the Treviran cavalry. Classicus was far above the rest both in birth and in wealth. He came of royal line and his stock was famous both in peace and war. It was his boast that his family had given Rome more enemies than allies. These two were now joined by Julius Tutor and Julius Sabinus, the one a Treviran, the other a Lingonian. Tutor had been appointed by Vitellius to watch the bank of the Rhine. Sabinus' natural vanity was further inflamed by spurious pretensions of high birth, for he alleged that his great-grandmother's beauty had caught the fancy of Julius Caesar during the campaign in Gaul, and that they had committed adultery. These four tested the temper of the rest in private interviews, and having bound to the conspiracy those who were considered fit, they held a conference at Cologne in a private house, the general feeling in the city being hostile to such plans as theirs.”
• enemies with Classicus “negotiations passed between Civilis and Classicus, who commanded the Treviran cavalry. Classicus was far above the rest both in birth and in wealth. He came of royal line and his stock was famous both in peace and war. It was his boast that his family had given Rome more enemies than allies. These two were now joined by Julius Tutor and Julius Sabinus, the one a Treviran, the other a Lingonian. Tutor had been appointed by Vitellius to watch the bank of the Rhine. Sabinus' natural vanity was further inflamed by spurious pretensions of high birth, for he alleged that his great-grandmother's beauty had caught the fancy of Julius Caesar during the campaign in Gaul, and that they had committed adultery. These four tested the temper of the rest in private interviews, and having bound to the conspiracy those who were considered fit, they held a conference at Cologne in a private house, the general feeling in the city being hostile to such plans as theirs.”
• enemies with Julius Sabinus “negotiations passed between Civilis and Classicus, who commanded the Treviran cavalry. Classicus was far above the rest both in birth and in wealth. He came of royal line and his stock was famous both in peace and war. It was his boast that his family had given Rome more enemies than allies. These two were now joined by Julius Tutor and Julius Sabinus, the one a Treviran, the other a Lingonian. Tutor had been appointed by Vitellius to watch the bank of the Rhine. Sabinus' natural vanity was further inflamed by spurious pretensions of high birth, for he alleged that his great-grandmother's beauty had caught the fancy of Julius Caesar during the campaign in Gaul, and that they had committed adultery. These four tested the temper of the rest in private interviews, and having bound to the conspiracy those who were considered fit, they held a conference at Cologne in a private house, the general feeling in the city being hostile to such plans as theirs.”
• employer: Vitellius “Tutor had been appointed by Vitellius to watch the bank of the Rhine.”
• enemies with Vocula “Not far from Vetera, Classicus and Tutor rode forward on a pretext of scouting, and ratified their compact with the German leaders. They were now for the first time separated from the legions, and entrenched themselves in a camp of their own. At this, Vocula loudly protested that Rome was not as yet so shattered by civil war as to earn the contempt of tribes like the Treviri and Lingones.”

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