Julius Civilis

Also known as: Civilis · Family: Batavian · Role: leader among the Batavi · First appears: Histories I.58-62

Life events

• Vitellius rescued Julius Civilis from punishment to retain Batavian support.(Histories I.58-62)
  • With: Vitellius
  • “Julius Civilis was the next to be rescued from danger.”
• Galba freed Julius Civilis after his imprisonment under Nero.(Histories IV.9-13)
  • With: Galba
  • “Galba, however, set him free, and under Vitellius he again ran great risk of his life, when the army clamoured for his execution.”
• Antonius Primus instructed Julius Civilis to divert Vitellius's auxiliaries and delay the legions.(Histories IV.9-13 · 📍 Germany)
  • With: Antonius Primus Vitellius
  • “This much was true, that Antonius Primus had written instructing him to divert the auxiliaries whom Vitellius had summoned, and to delay the legions on the pretence of a rising in Germany.”

Histories I.58-62

• patron: Vitellius “Julius Civilis was the next to be rescued from danger. He was all-powerful among the Batavi, and Vitellius did not want to alienate so spirited a people by punishing him.”

Histories IV.9-13

• patron: Galba “Galba, however, set him free, and under Vitellius he again ran great risk of his life, when the army clamoured for his execution.”
• friends with Vespasian (Civilis presented himself as a supporter of Vespasian's party, though the support was pretended.) “He was afraid that if he openly rebelled against the Roman people they would treat him as an enemy, and march on him at once, so he pretended to be a keen supporter of Vespasian's party.”

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