Tacitus: Histories and Annals

Claudius Faventinus

Role: centurion · First appears: Histories III.57-60

Life events

  • Galba dismissed Claudius Faventinus in disgrace, prompting his rebellion.(Histories III.57-60 · 📍 Misenum)
    • With: Galba
    • “The mutiny of the fleet at Misenum had been engineered by Claudius Faventinus, a centurion whom Galba had dismissed in disgrace.”
  • Claudius Faventinus engineered the fleet mutiny using a forged letter from Vespasian.(Histories III.57-60 · 📍 Misenum)
    • With: Vespasian
    • “The mutiny of the fleet at Misenum had been engineered by Claudius Faventinus, a centurion whom Galba had dismissed in disgrace. To obtain his object he had forged a letter from Vespasian promising rewards for treachery.”

Histories III.57-60

  • employer: Galba “The mutiny of the fleet at Misenum had been engineered by Claudius Faventinus, a centurion whom Galba had dismissed in disgrace.”

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