Cestius Severus

Family: Roman · Role: informer · First appears: Histories IV.40-42

Life events

• Senatorial censure fell on notorious informers, forcing Sariolenus Vocula to leave the house.(Histories IV.40-42)
  • With: Sariolenus Vocula Nonius Attianus
  • “This kind of informal censure fell most severely on Sariolenus Vocula, Nonius Attianus, and Cestius Severus, who were notorious as habitual informers under Nero. Against Sariolenus there was also a fresh charge of having continued his practices with Vitellius. The members went on shaking their fists at him until he left the house.”

Histories IV.40-42

• employer: Nero “Sariolenus Vocula, Nonius Attianus, and Cestius Severus, who were notorious as habitual informers under Nero.”

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