Bassus

First appears: Histories II.101

Life events

• Bassus brought the fleet to the brink of rebellion by exploiting its former service under Otho.(Histories II.101)
  • “Bassus found the same task less difficult, for the fleet remembered that they had lately been in Otho's service, and were therefore already on the brink of rebellion.”

Histories II.101

• enemies with Vitellius “Thus when Caecina joined his army, he used every device to undermine the staunch fidelity of the centurions and soldiers to Vitellius. Bassus found the same task less difficult, for the fleet remembered that they had lately been in Otho's service, and were therefore already on the brink of rebellion.”

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