Cornelius Primus

Family: Vespasian's party · Role: dependant of Domitian's father · First appears: Histories III.73-77

Life events

• Domitian escaped disguised as a worshipper and took refuge near the Velabrum with Cornelius Primus.(Histories III.73-77 · 📍 Velabrum)
  • With: Domitian
  • “Domitian had taken refuge with the sacristan, and was enabled by the ingenuity of a freedman to escape among a crowd of worshippers in a linen dress, and to take refuge near the Velabrum with Cornelius Primus”

Histories III.73-77

• with Domitian (Cornelius Primus sheltered Domitian during his escape.) “Domitian had taken refuge with the sacristan, and was enabled by the ingenuity of a freedman to escape among a crowd of worshippers in a linen dress, and to take refuge near the Velabrum with Cornelius Primus, one of his father's dependants.”

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