Tacitus: Histories and Annals

Apicata

Family: Imperial household · Role: wife of Sejanus · First appears: Annals IV (1)

Life events

  • Sejanus repudiated his wife Apicata to avoid the jealousy of his adulterous partner.(Annals IV (1))
    • With: Aelius Sejanus
    • “Sejanus too, to avoid the jealousy of the adulteress, discharged from his bed Apicata his wife, her by whom he had three children.”
  • Apicata exposed the murder plan, while Lygdus revealed its details under torture.(Annals IV (3))
    • With: Lygdus Sejanus
    • “in truth, the plan and process of the murder were first discovered by Apicata, wife of Sejanus, and laid open upon the rack by Eudemus and Lygdus.”

Annals IV (1)

  • married with Aelius Sejanus “Sejanus too, to avoid the jealousy of the adulteress, discharged from his bed Apicata his wife, her by whom he had three children.”

Annals IV (3)

  • married with Sejanus “in truth, the plan and process of the murder were first discovered by Apicata, wife of Sejanus, and laid open upon the rack by Eudemus and Lygdus.”

Also listed in Imperial Household — Minor Figures

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