Sulpicius Florus

Family: British cohorts · Role: special agent · First appears: Histories I.40-45

Life events

• Otho sends Sulpicius Florus and Statius Murcus to drag out and kill Piso.(Histories I.40-45 · 📍 temple of Vesta)
  • With: Otho Statius Murcus Piso Licinianus
  • “They dragged Piso forth and butchered him on the threshold of the temple.”

Histories I.40-45

• employer: Galba “Sulpicius Florus of the British cohorts, a man whom Galba had recently enfranchised”
• employer: Otho “Eventually, Otho, who was burning to have him killed, dispatched as special agents, Sulpicius Florus of the British cohorts, a man whom Galba had recently enfranchised, and Statius Murcus of the Body Guard.”
• enemies with Piso Licinianus “They dragged Piso forth and butchered him on the threshold of the temple.”

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