Roman — Minor Figures

147 figures from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Antonius Musa

physician · first appears Augustus 59

• Augustus 59 · with Augustus “To the physician Antonius Musa, who had cured him of a dangerous illness”

Asprenas Nonius

senator · first appears Augustus 56

• Augustus 56 · friends with Augustus “When Asprenas Nonius, an intimate friend of his, was tried upon a charge of administering poison at the instance of Cassius Severus, he consulted the senate for their opinion what was his duty under the circumstances:”

Aulus Hirtius

politician · first appears Augustus 68

• Augustus 68 · with Augustus “and that, for a gratification of three hundred thousand sesterces, he had submitted to Aulus Hirtius in the same way, in Spain;”

Caius Nonius Asprenas

Roman knight · first appears Augustus 43

• Augustus 43 · patron: Augustus “Caius Nonius Asprenas, who was lamed by a fall in this diversion, he presented with a gold collar, and allowed him and his posterity to bear the surname of Torquati.”

Caius Sosius

consul · first appears Augustus 17

• Augustus 17 · friends with Augustus “Yet upon his being declared an enemy, he sent to him all his relations and friends, among whom were Caius Sosius and Titus Domitius, at that time consuls.”

Caius Toranius

guardian · first appears Augustus 27

• Augustus 27 · ward: Augustus “even proscribed Caius Toranius, his guardian; who had been formerly the colleague of his father Octavius in the aedileship.”
• Augustus 27 · enemies with Augustus “he alone strongly insisted that no one should be spared, and even proscribed Caius Toranius, his guardian;”

Gallus Terrinius

senator · first appears Augustus 53

• Augustus 53 · with Augustus “he paid him a visit, and by his consolatory admonitions diverted him from his purpose.”

Lollius

lieutenant · first appears Augustus 23

• Augustus 23 · employer: Augustus “except twice in Germany, under his lieutenants Lollius and Varus.”

Lucius (a young man of good family)

performer · first appears Augustus 43

• Augustus 43 · with Augustus “Thenceforth, the only exhibition he made of that kind, was that of a young man named Lucius, of a good family, who was not quite two feet in height, and weighed only seventeen pounds, but had a stentorian voice.”