Laco

Family: Roman imperial household · Role: associate of Galba · First appears: Histories I.14-16

Life events

Laco threatened Titus Vinius, intensifying their private quarrel during the crisis.(Histories I.31-35 · 📍 palace)
- With: Titus Vinius
- “Laco, prompted by Icelus, assailed him with threats, persisting in his private quarrel”
Laco proposed Titus Vinius's assassination without Galba's knowledge.(Histories I.36-39)
- With: Titus Vinius
- “It is said that Laco, without Galba's knowledge, proposed the assassination of Titus Vinius”
Otho arranged for Laco to be stabbed after pretending to banish him.(Histories I.46-49)
- With: Otho
- “The prefect Laco he pretended to banish to an island, but on his arrival he was stabbed by a reservist whom Otho had previously dispatched for that purpose.”

friends with Piso Licinianus “Laco had met Piso at Rubellius Plautus' house and they had formed a friendship”

with Galba (interaction) “Some evidence of the brewing plot leaked out, but it was suppressed by the conspirators. Rumours even reached Galba's ears, but Laco made light of them, being totally ignorant of soldiers' characters, hostile to any suggestion, however wise, that was not his own, and extremely obstinate with men who knew more than he did.”

enemies with Titus Vinius “When Vinius resisted this proposal, Laco, prompted by Icelus, assailed him with threats, persisting in his private quarrel to the ruin of his country.”

enemies with Titus Vinius “It is said that Laco, without Galba's knowledge, proposed the assassination of Titus Vinius, either with the idea that his execution would be a sop to the soldiers, or because he believed him Otho's accomplice, or, as a last alternative, hatred may have been his motive.”

enemies with Otho “The prefect Laco he pretended to banish to an island, but on his arrival he was stabbed by a reservist whom Otho had previously dispatched for that purpose.”

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