Clodius Macer
Family: African forces · Role: commander · First appears: Histories I.5-8
Life events
- Trebonius Garutianus killed Clodius Macer under Galba’s orders.(Histories I.5-8 · 📍 Africa)
- With: Galba Trebonius Garutianus
- “Macer, who was undoubtedly raising a disturbance in Africa, was put to death by the imperial agent Trebonius Garutianus, acting under Galba's orders”
- Galba was accused of murdering numerous officials and commanders across the empire.(Histories I.36-39)
- With: Galba Obultronius Sabinus Cornelius Marcellus Betuus Cilo Fonteius Capito Cingonius Turpilianus Nymphidius
- “These were the auspices under which he made his entry; and what glory has he brought to the throne he occupies, save the murder of Obultronius Sabinus and Cornelius Marcellus in Spain, of Betuus Cilo in Gaul, of Fonteius Capito in Germany, of Clodius Macer in Africa, of Cingonius on his march to Rome, of Turpilianus in the city, and of Nymphidius in the camp?”
- The African legion previously disbanded by Galba re-enlisted under Vitellius' orders.(Histories II.96-100 · 📍 Africa)
Histories I.5-8
- enemies with Galba “Macer, who was undoubtedly raising a disturbance in Africa, was put to death by the imperial agent Trebonius Garutianus, acting under Galba's orders:”
- enemies with Trebonius Garutianus “Macer, who was undoubtedly raising a disturbance in Africa, was put to death by the imperial agent Trebonius Garutianus, acting under Galba's orders:”
Histories I.36-39
- enemies with Galba “That is Galba's only ”
Histories I.72-76
- enemies with Calvia Crispinilla “This woman had tutored Nero in vice, and afterwards crossed to Africa to incite Clodius Macer to civil war.”
Histories II.96-100
- enemies with Galba “In Africa the legion and auxiliaries enlisted by Clodius Macer, and subsequently disbanded by Galba, took service again at Vitellius' orders”
Histories IV.47-50
- enemies with Papirius (Papirius was identified as one of the murderers of Clodius Macer.) “Meanwhile, Claudius Sagitta, who commanded Petra's Horse, made a good crossing and outstripped the centurion Papirius, who had been sent out by Mucianus and was commissioned, so Sagitta affirmed, to assassinate Piso. Sagitta further stated that Galerianus, Piso's cousin and son-in-law, had already been murdered, and told him that while his one hope lay in taking a bold step, there were two courses open to him: he might either take up arms on the spot, or he might prefer to sail to Gaul and offer to lead the Vitellian armies. This made no impression on Piso. When the centurion whom Mucianus had sent arrived at the gates of Carthage, he kept on shouting all sorts of congratulations to Piso on becoming emperor. The people he met, who were astounded at this unexpected miracle, were instructed to take up the cry. With a crowd's usual credulity, they rushed into the forum calling on Piso to appear, and as they had a passion for flattery and took no interest in the truth, they proceeded to fill the whole place with a confused noise of cheering. Piso, however, either at a hint from Sagitta, or from his natural good sense, would not show himself in public or give way to the excitement of the crowd. He examined the centurion, and learnt that his object was to trump up a charge against him and then kill him. He accordingly had the man executed more from indignation against the assassin than in any hope of saving his life; for he found that the man had been one of the murderers of Clodius Macer, and after staining his hand in the blood of a military officer was now proposing to turn it against a civil governor.”
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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.