Aemilius

Family: Roman · Role: Lieutenant-Colonel of a legion · First appears: Annals II (2)

Life events

Germanicus secured the river crossing, sending Stertinius and Aemilius across with the cavalry.(Annals II (2) · 📍 Visurgis)
- With: Germanicus Stertinius
- “Germanicus, who thought it became not a General to endanger the legions, till for their passage and security he had placed bridges and guards, made the horse ford over. They were led by Stertinius, and Aemilius, Lieutenant-Colonel of a legion, and these two officers crossed the river in distant places, to divide the foe.”
Cariovalda fell in battle, while Stertinius and Aemilius rescued the surviving Batavians.(Annals II (2))
- With: Cariovalda Stertinius
- “Cariovalda, having long sustained the fury of the enemy, exhorted his men to draw up into platoons, and break through the prevailing host; he himself forced his way into their centre, and fell with his horse under a shower of darts, and many of the principal Batavians round him; the rest were saved by their own bravery, or rescued by the cavalry under Stertinius and Aemilius.”

employer: Germanicus “Germanicus, who thought it became not a General to endanger the legions, till for their passage and security he had placed bridges and guards, made the horse ford over. They were led by Stertinius, and Aemilius, Lieutenant-Colonel of a legion;”

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