Vindex

Family: Roman · Role: rebel leader · First appears: Histories I.14-16

Histories I.14-16

enemies with Nero “It was not Vindex with a powerless province at his back, nor I with a single legion that freed Rome's shoulders of that burden: it was his own cruelty and profligacy.”

enemies with Nero “They had subsequently been detached under orders from Nero to precede him to Egypt, and had then been recalled, owing to the outbreak of the war with Vindex.”

friends with Asiaticus “While Vitellius was addressing the troops, they demanded the execution of three Gallic chieftains, Asiaticus, Flavus, and Rufinus, on the ground that they had fought for Vindex.”
friends with Flavus “While Vitellius was addressing the troops, they demanded the execution of three Gallic chieftains, Asiaticus, Flavus, and Rufinus, on the ground that they had fought for Vindex.”
friends with Rufinus “While Vitellius was addressing the troops, they demanded the execution of three Gallic chieftains, Asiaticus, Flavus, and Rufinus, on the ground that they had fought for Vindex.”

enemies with Verginius “Don't think of the defeat of Vindex. Why, it was the Batavian cavalry which trampled on the Aedui and Arverni, and there were Belgic auxiliaries in Verginius' force.”

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