Cassius Severus

Family: Roman · Role: libeller · First appears: Annals I (20)

Life events

• Augustus subjected libels to penalties under the violated-majesty law.(Annals I (20))
  • With: Augustus
  • “Augustus was the first who brought libels under the penalties of this wrested law, incensed as he was by the insolence of Cassius Severus”

Annals I (20)

• enemies with Augustus “Augustus was the first who brought libels under the penalties of this wrested law, incensed as he was by the insolence of Cassius Severus, who had in his writings wantonly defamed men and ladies of illustrious quality.”

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