Tacitus: Histories and Annals

Sextus Paconianus

Family: Roman Senate · Role: former praetor · First appears: Annals VI (1)

Annals VI (1)

  • enemies with Tiberius (Tiberius demanded Paconianus's punishment.) “Tiberius in the same letter demanded the doom of Sextus Paconianus, formerly Praetor, to the extreme joy of the Senate, as he was a man bold and mischievous, one armed with snares, and continually diving into the purposes and secret transactions of all men; and one chosen by Sejanus, for plotting the overthrow of Caligula.”
  • enemies with Caligula (Paconianus plotted Caligula's overthrow.) “one chosen by Sejanus, for plotting the overthrow of Caligula”

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