Tacitus: Histories and Annals

Mariccus

Family: Gallic · Role: self-proclaimed divine champion of the Gauls · First appears: Histories II.59-63

Life events

  • Mariccus was captured and executed after his fanatic force was scattered.(Histories II.59-63)
    • “Mariccus was captured in the engagement, and later thrown to wild beasts.”

Histories II.59-63

  • enemies with Vitellius “Mariccus was captured in the engagement, and later thrown to wild beasts. As they refused to devour him, the common people stupidly believed him invulnerable, until he was executed in the presence of Vitellius.”

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