Blaesus

Family: Vitellian · Role: nobleman · First appears: Histories III.39-43

Life events

• Vitellius decided to poison Blaesus and celebrated seeing his enemy's deathbed.(Histories III.39-43)
  • With: Vitellius
  • “He decided to proceed by poison. The suspicion against him he confirmed by going to see Blaesus and showing obvious satisfaction.”
• Blaesus refused Caecina's efforts to recruit him against Vitellius.(Histories III.39-43)
  • With: Caecina
  • “Even before the decline of Vitellius' cause he had been canvassed by Caecina and other party leaders, who were turning against the emperor, and had met them with a persistent refusal.”

Histories III.39-43

• enemies with Vitellius “Vitellius hesitated anxiously between his criminal desires and his fear that, if he deferred Blaesus' death, he might hasten his own ruin, or by giving official orders for it might raise a storm of indignation.”

Also listed in Vitellian — Minor Figures

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