Decumus Pacarius

Family: Vitellian · Role: procurator · First appears: Histories II.14-17

Life events

Decumus Pacarius tried to commit Corsica's forces to Vitellius and secured its inhabitants' allegiance.(Histories II.14-17 · 📍 Corsica)
- With: Vitellius
- “So they swore allegiance to Vitellius, as did also the general mass of ignorant people, who blindly shared a fear they did not feel.”
Decumus Pacarius ordered the execution of Claudius Pyrrhicus and Quintius Certus for opposing his project.(Histories II.14-17 · 📍 Corsica)
- With: Claudius Pyrrhicus Quintius Certus
- “He ordered their execution.”
Corsicans murdered Decumus Pacarius and his comrades after abandoning allegiance to Vitellius.(Histories II.14-17 · 📍 Corsica)
- “Waiting till Pacarius' visitors were gone, they murdered him, stripped and helpless, in his bath, and killed his comrades too.”

enemies with Otho (Pacarius opposed Otho and supported Vitellius.) “He hated Otho and determined to aid Vitellius with all the forces of Corsica”
enemies with Claudius Pyrrhicus (Pacarius ordered Claudius Pyrrhicus's execution.) “Claudius Pyrrhicus, who commanded the Liburnian cruisers stationed there, and a Roman knight named Quintius Certus ventured to oppose him. He ordered their execution.”
enemies with Quintius Certus (Pacarius ordered Quintius Certus's execution.) “Claudius Pyrrhicus, who commanded the Liburnian cruisers stationed there, and a Roman knight named Quintius Certus ventured to oppose him. He ordered their execution.”

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