Tampius Flavianus

Family: Flavian · Role: ex-consul · First appears: Histories III.1-4

Life events

• Tampius Flavianus gave up his province and returned to Italy, placing himself beyond danger.(Histories III.1-4 · 📍 Italy)
  • “Having once given up his province and returned to Italy, he was out of the reach of danger”
• Cornelius Fuscus persuaded Tampius Flavianus to resume his title and enter the civil war.(Histories III.1-4)
  • With: Cornelius Fuscus
  • “It was Cornelius Fuscus who had persuaded him to this”
• Antonius ordered Tampius Flavianus put in chains during the soldiers’ riot.(Histories III.9-11 · 📍 Verona)
  • With: Antonius Primus
  • “When the riot grew worse, and they began to pass from insulting speeches to murderous violence, he gave orders that Flavianus should be put in chains.”
• Tampius Flavianus left the army and received letters from Vespasian delivering him from danger.(Histories III.9-11)
  • With: Vespasian
  • “Flavianus left that same night, and on his way met letters from Vespasian, which delivered him from danger.”
• The governors’ departures left Antonius in supreme command of the two armies.(Histories III.9-11)
  • With: Antonius Primus Aponius Saturninus
  • “The departure of both the consular governors left Antonius in supreme command of the two armies.”

Histories III.1-4

• elder kin: Vitellius (The passage states kinship but does not specify the precise degree or relative age.) “Tampius Flavianus was a man whose disposition and advanced years inclined him to dilatory measures, and he soon began to earn the dislike and suspicion of the soldiers, who felt he had not forgotten his kinship with Vitellius.”
• younger kin: Vitellius “Tampius Flavianus was a man whose disposition and advanced years inclined him to dilatory measures, and he soon began to earn the dislike and suspicion of the soldiers, who felt he had not forgotten his kinship with Vitellius.”
• with Cornelius Fuscus (Fuscus persuaded Flavianus to resume his title and take part in the civil war.) “It was Cornelius Fuscus who had persuaded him to this--not that he needed his assistance, but because he felt that, especially at the outset of the rising, the prestige of an ex-consul would be a valuable asset to the party.”

Histories III.9-11

• elder kin: Vitellius “He was Vitellius' kinsman, they howled; he had betrayed Otho; he had embezzled their donative.”
• enemies with Antonius Primus “When the riot grew worse, and they began to pass from insulting speeches to murderous violence, he gave orders that Flavianus should be put in chains.”
• patron: Vespasian “Flavianus left that same night, and on his way met letters from Vespasian, which delivered him from danger.”
• employer: Antonius Primus “The departure of both the consular governors left Antonius in supreme command of the two armies. His colleagues deferred to him and the men gave him enthusiastic support.”
• younger kin: Vitellius “He was Vitellius' kinsman, they howled; he had betrayed Otho; he had embezzled their donative.”

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