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Delatores (political informants) and accusatores (malicious prosecutors) were a major part of life in imperial Rome. Contemporary sources depict them as cruel and heartless mercenaries, who bore the main responsibility for institutionalizing and enforcing the tyranny of the infamous rulers of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Tiberius: Add a description of this character.
- Claudius
- Nero
- Gaius
- Sejanus
- Helvidius
- Levick
- Thrasea
- Talbert
- Messalina
- Ann
- Regulus
- Seager
- Pliny
- Stein
- Seneca
- Piso
- Junius Otho
- Dolabella
- Drusus
- Bauman
- Silius
- Pomponius
- Julia
- Dio
- Agrippina
- Narcissus
- Cicero
- L. Vitellius
- Massa
- Syme
- Silanus
- Philo
- Varro
- Rohden
- Caesar
- Flaccus
- Martin
- Mucianus
- Crispinus
- Pilate
- Octavia
- Veranius
- Paul
- Capito
- Vibius
- Rusticus
- Domitian
- Laelius
Setting & Locations edit
- Late Republic
- Rome
- Asia
- Italy
- Africa
- Paris
- Caepio
- Egypt
- Alexandria
- Germany
- Syria
- Bithynia
- Plautus
- Gaul
- Gallivan
- Albucilla
- Veiento
- Libo
- Vespastan
- Spain
- Acutia
- Baetica
- Rudich
- Wellesley
- Judaism
- Britain
- Greece
- Cyrene
- Jerusalem
- Poppaea
- Herennius
- Titius Sabinus
- Judaea
- Vatinius
- Scaurus
- Soranus
First Sentence edit
One would be hard pressed to find a better or more significant example of an informant under the Roman Empire than Judas Iscariot.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Steven H. Rutledge (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 323.0440937
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › History of the State
- Books › History › Europe › Greece
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Civil Rights & Liberties
- Books › History › Ancient › Rome
- Books › History › Ancient › Greece
- Books › History › World
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