Celsus
Family: Otho · Role: general · First appears: Histories II.36-40
Life events
- Celsus and Paulinus were sidelined as their experience was disregarded.(Histories II.36-40)
- With: Paulinus
- “As for Celsus and Paulinus, no use was made of their experience, and their empty titles were used as a screen for other people's blunders.”
- The army advanced and encamped west of Bedriacum despite Celsus and Paulinus opposing the assault.(Histories II.36-40 · 📍 Bedriacum)
- Annius Gallus restored order and prevented defeated troops from murdering their fellow soldiers.(Histories II.41-44 · 📍 Bedriacum)
- With: Annius Gallus Titianus
- “Annius Gallus had already placed sentinels on guard and got the men under control.”
Histories II.36-40
- employer: Otho “When Otho started for Brixellum, he left his brother Titianus in nominal command, though the real power lay with the prefect Proculus. As for Celsus and Paulinus, no use was made of their experience”
Histories II.41-44
- patron: Annius Gallus (Annius Gallus's intervention protected Celsus from the mutinous troops.) “Night came to the aid of Titianus and Celsus, for Annius Gallus had already placed sentinels on guard and got the men under control. Using remonstrances, prayers, and commands, he had induced them not to add to the disaster of their defeat by murdering their own friends.”
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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.