List of people mentioned in the works of Tacitus explained

List of persons mentioned in the works of Tacitus is a list of people of the culture known to Tacitus who are mentioned within his writings (this list is currently incomplete).

• Æmilia Lepida
• Agrippina (mother to Nero)
• Annius Pollio, a small amount of detail is shown in the article : Annia gens
• Antonia (sister-in-law to Tiberius)
• Apicata (first wife of Sejanus)
• Appius Silanus
• Artabanus (ruler)
• Asinius Gallus
• Calgacus
• Caligula (emperor)
• Cartimandua (ruler) ^[1]
• C.Fusius Geminus (consul)
• Claudius
• Crepereius Gallus
• Faustus Cornelius Sulla (consul)
• Cotta Messalinus
• Dio (p. 35)
• Drusus Caesar (second son of Germanicus)
• Fulcinius Trio (consul)
• Galba
• Geminius Rufus (husband of Prisca)
• Germanicus
• Helvidius Priscus (friend of Sejanus)
• Junius Blæsus (unkle to Sejanus)
• Juvenal (p. 35)
• Publius Graecinus Laco (captain of the city cohorts)
• Latinius Latiaris
• L.Cassius Longinus (consul)
• Lentulus Getucilus (friend of Sejanus)
• Livia (empress) ^[2]
• L.Rubellius Geminus (consul) ^[2]
• Lucius Arruntius^[2]
• Lucius Piso^[2]
• Macro^[2]
• Marcus Vinicius (consul) ^[2]
• Memmius Regulus (consul) ^[2]
• Nero^[2]
• Nerva (lawyer) ^[2]
• Obultronius Sabinus (quaestor aerarii) ^[3]
• Pallas (a slave, for a while ... favourite of Claudius emperor) ^[2]
• Pomponius Secundus^[2]
• Poppæus Sabinus^[2]
• Prisca (wife of Geminius Rufus) ^[2]
• Regulus (consul) ^[2]
• Satrius Secundus^[2]
• Scaurus Mamercus^[2]
• Sejanus^[2]
• Sexteidius Catullinus (consul) ^[2]
• Thrasyllus (taught the art of prognostication) ^[2]
• Tiberius^[2]
• Tigranes (for a time, ruler of Armenia) ^[2]
• Tiridates (ruler) ^[2]
• Velleius Paterculus (historian) ^[2]
• Vibulenis Agrippa^[2]
• Vitellius ^[2]

Notes and References

1. Tacitus, Histories 3.45
2. Book: Annals translated by Arthur Murphy. Publius Cornelius Tacitus. Tacitus. 1830. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street 1830. 2015-05-15.
3. William Smith (c.f. - Articles with no initials next to them are written by the editor) Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 3 J.Baylis 1873 (ed. W.Smith) [Retrieved 2915-04-09]