Other Figures — Minor Figures
125 figures from Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Bassus
first appears Histories II.101
- 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.”
Coenus
freedman of Nero · first appears Histories II.54-58
- Histories II.54-58 · employer: Nero “one of Nero's freedmen, called Coenus”
- Histories II.54-58 · enemies with Vitellius “He did, indeed, thus insure for himself a quick journey to Rome, but was executed by order of Vitellius a few days later.”
Geta
runaway slave and impostor · first appears Histories II.69-73
- Histories II.69-73 · enemies with Vitellius “However, he was taken before Vitellius and his identity examined. When it was found that there was no truth in his pretensions, and that his master recognized him as a runaway called Geta, he suffered the execution of a slave.”
Hilarus
freedman · first appears Histories II.64-68
- Histories II.64-68 · enemies with Cluvius Rufus “A freedman of the imperial court, Hilarus by name, had given evidence against him, alleging that, when Cluvius heard of the rival claims of Otho and Vitellius, he had endeavoured to set up an independent authority of his own in Spain”
- Histories II.64-68 · employer: Vitellius “A freedman of the imperial court, Hilarus by name, had given evidence against him, alleging that, when Cluvius heard of the rival claims of Otho and Vitellius, he had endeavoured to set up an independent authority of his own in Spain, and to this end had issued passports with no emperor's name at the head. Certain phrases in his speeches were also construed as damaging to Vitellius and as a bid for his own popularity. However, Cluvius' influence carried the day, and Vitellius even had his own freedman punished.”
Julius Calenus
first appears Histories III.34-38
- Histories III.34-38 · employer: Vitellius “To Gaul they sent an officer named Julius Calenus, to Germany Alpinius Montanus, who had commanded an auxiliary cohort.”
Pedanius Costa
office-holder · first appears Histories II.69-73