-
demise appeared imminent,
Tigellinus deserted him and
shifted his
allegiance to the new
emperor Galba.
Unfortunately for
Tigellinus,
Galba was
replaced by...
-
freedman who
accompanied Nero. In the year 64,
during the Saturnalia,
Tigellinus offered a
series of
banquets to Nero,
after a few days of
which Nero performed...
- "resignation" of
Tigellinus and
stood as sole
commander of the
praetorian guard. Galba, however,
appointed a
replacement for
Tigellinus,
Cornelius Laco...
- Nero
appointed two new
Praetorian prefects: ****ius
Rufus and
Ofonius Tigellinus.
Politically isolated,
Seneca was
forced to retire.
According to Tacitus...
- (1927).
During the
Great Fire of Rome in AD 64,
Emperor Nero "fiddles".
Tigellinus informs Nero that he is
suspected of
starting the fire. Nero
instead has...
- an
estimated 5,000 broadcasts. His best-remembered film
roles include Tigellinus in MGM's Quo
Vadis (1951), the
French herald Mountjoy in
Laurence Olivier's...
-
object of envy for
those around him.
Having attracted the
jealousy of
Tigellinus, the
commander of the emperor's guard, he was
accused of treason. He was...
-
advisors decide they need a scapegoat. The
Prefect of the
Praetorian Guard,
Tigellinus,
suggests the Christians. The idea has been
given to him by Chilo, still...
- parti****ted in Piso's
conspiracy in year 65. The
other Praetorian prefect,
Tigellinus,
headed the
suppression of the conspiracy, and the
members of the Guard...
-
gunshot William Thornton (1840),
British lieutenant-general
Ofonius Tigellinus (69 AD),
Roman prefect of the
Praetorian Guard, cut his
throat with a...
