Veturius

Family: Otho's faction · Role: subaltern in the Body Guard · First appears: Histories I.21-25

Life events

Otho placed Onomastus in charge of the projected crime, recruiting Barbius Proculus and Veturius into the conspiracy.(Histories I.21-25)
- With: Otho Onomastus Barbius Proculus
- “Otho then put Onomastus, one of his freedmen, in charge of the projected crime, and Onomastus took into his confidence Barbius Proculus, an aide-de-camp, and a subaltern named Veturius, both in the Body Guard.”
Otho bribed Barbius Proculus and Veturius and funded their efforts to test the soldiers’ willingness to revolt.(Histories I.21-25)
- With: Otho Barbius Proculus
- “Otho proceeded to load them with bribes and promises, providing them with funds to enable them to test the feelings of the others.”

enemies with Galba (Veturius is recruited into the conspiracy against Galba's regime.) “Otho then put Onomastus, one of his freedmen, in charge of the projected crime, and Onomastus took into his confidence Barbius Proculus, an aide-de-camp, and a subaltern named Veturius, both in the Body Guard. Having assured himself by many interviews that they were both bold and cunning, Otho proceeded to load them with bribes and promises, providing them with funds to enable them to test the feelings of the others. And so a couple of common soldiers took it upon them to transfer the Roman Empire: and they did it. A very few were admitted as accomplices. These, by various devices, worked on the indecision of the others. The non-commissioned officers who had been promoted by Nymphidius felt themselves under suspicion; the private soldiers were indignant and in despair at the constant postponement of Galba's largess”
patron: Otho “Otho proceeded to load them with bribes and promises, providing them with funds to enable them to test the feelings of the others.”

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