Helvidius Priscus
Family: senatorial · Role: praetor-elect · First appears: Histories II.87-91
Life events
- Helvidius Priscus opposed Vitellius' policy in the Senate, prompting the emperor's initial annoyance.(Histories II.87-91 · 📍 Rome)
- With: Vitellius
- “Helvidius Priscus, then praetor-elect, opposed Vitellius' policy. At first the emperor showed annoyance”
- Vitellius accepted that senators could disagree on public policy and dropped his resentment toward Helvidius Priscus.(Histories II.87-91 · 📍 Rome)
- With: Vitellius
- “he replied that there was nothing strange in two senators disagreeing on a question of public policy”
- Helvidius Priscus gained great distinction and disfavour through his frank Senate speech.(Histories IV.1-4 · 📍 Rome)
- “The senate showed their keen approval, and it was this day which first won for him great disfavour and great distinction.”
- Helvidius Priscus was banished after Paetus Thrasea's fall.(Histories IV.5-8)
- “After Thrasea's fall Helvidius was banished”
- Helvidius Priscus returned to Rome under Galba.(Histories IV.5-8 · 📍 Rome)
- “but he returned to Rome under Galba”
- Helvidius Priscus prosecuted Eprius Marcellus for informing against his father-in-law.(Histories IV.5-8)
- With: Eprius Marcellus
- “and proceeded to prosecute Eprius Marcellus, who had informed against his father-in-law.”
- Helvidius Priscus dropped his prosecution of Eprius Marcellus.(Histories IV.5-8)
- With: Eprius Marcellus
- “after a while, finding that Galba's attitude was doubtful and that many of the senators begged him to desist, Helvidius dropped the prosecution.”
- A dispute between Helvidius Priscus and Eprius Marcellus became a formal, acrimonious debate.(Histories IV.5-8)
- With: Eprius Marcellus
- “Their exchange of views gradually grew into a formal and acrimonious debate.”
- The party favoring selection by lot prevailed in the senate's deputation dispute.(Histories IV.5-8)
- With: Eprius Marcellus
- “The party which wanted the deputies chosen by lot eventually prevailed”
Histories II.87-91
- with Vitellius (Helvidius Priscus opposed Vitellius' policy.) “It once happened that Helvidius Priscus, then praetor-elect, opposed Vitellius' policy.”
- rivals with Vitellius (They disagreed over public policy in the Senate.) “It once happened that Helvidius Priscus, then praetor-elect, opposed Vitellius' policy.”
Histories IV.1-4
- friends with Vespasian “he expressed himself in terms which, while doing honour to a good emperor, were perfectly frank and honest.”
Histories IV.5-8
- with Paetus Thrasea (Helvidius was Thrasea's son-in-law.) “He had risen no higher than the rank of quaestor when Paetus Thrasea chose him for his son-in-law, and of Thrasea's virtues he absorbed none so much as his independence.”
- enemies with Eprius Marcellus (Helvidius prosecuted Marcellus in revenge for Thrasea.) “After Thrasea's fall Helvidius was banished, but he returned to Rome under Galba and proceeded to prosecute Eprius Marcellus, who had informed against his father-in-law.”
- with Paetus Thrasea (Thrasea was Helvidius's father-in-law.) “He had risen no higher than the rank of quaestor when Paetus Thrasea chose him for his son-in-law, and of Thrasea's virtues he absorbed none so much as his independence.”
Agricola (1)
- friends with Herennius Senesce “as did Herennius Senesce, for those of Helvidius Priscus.”
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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.