Polemo

Family: Pontic · Role: king · First appears: Histories III.44-48

Life events

• Anicetus incited a general Pontic rebellion and enlisted its maritime tribes for Vitellius.(Histories III.44-48 · 📍 Pontus)
  • With: Anicetus Vitellius
  • “Pontus had suddenly risen in a general rebellion at the instigation of a foreign menial, who was in command of what had once been the royal fleet. He was one of Polemo's freedmen, by name Anicetus, who had formerly been influential and resented the change which had converted the kingdom into a province of the Roman empire. He accordingly enlisted the maritime tribes of Pontus in Vitellius' service, attracting all the neediest ruffians with promises of plunder.”

Histories III.44-48

• servant: Anicetus “He was one of Polemo's freedmen, by name Anicetus, who had formerly been influential and resented the change which had converted the kingdom into a province of the Roman empire.”

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