Tacitus: Histories and Annals

Porcius Septiminus

Family: Vitellian · Role: imperial agent · First appears: Histories III.5-8

Life events

  • Sextilius Felix was dispatched to hold the Aenus frontier against Vitellius's loyal forces.(Histories III.5-8 · 📍 Aenus)
    • With: Sextilius Felix Vitellius
    • “Sextilius Felix was therefore dispatched with Aurius' Horse and eight cohorts of auxiliary infantry, together with the native levies of Noricum, to hold the line of the river Aenus, which forms the frontier of Raetia and Noricum.”

Histories III.5-8

  • friends with Vitellius “Some auxiliaries were stationed on the flank towards Raetia, where hostilities were expected, since the imperial agent Porcius Septiminus, remained incorruptibly loyal to Vitellius.”
  • enemies with Sextilius Felix “Some auxiliaries were stationed on the flank towards Raetia, where hostilities were expected, since the imperial agent Porcius Septiminus, remained incorruptibly loyal to Vitellius. Sextilius Felix was therefore dispatched with Aurius' Horse and eight cohorts of auxiliary infantry, together with the native levies of Noricum, to hold the line of the river Aenus, which forms the frontier of Raetia and Noricum.”

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