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race-horses. In this manner he gained the favour of Nero, whom he aided and abetted in his vices and cruelties. In 62 he was promoted to the prefecture of the praetorian See also:

GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards. In 64 he made himself notorious for the orgies arranged by him in the See also:

Basin of See also:

Agrippa, and was suspected of See also:

INCENDIARISM (Lat. incendere, to set on fire, burn)

incendiarism in connexion with the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, which, after having subsided, See also:

broke out afresh in his Aemilian gardens. In 65, during the investigation into the abortive See also:

CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy of See also:

PISO

Piso, he and Poppaea formed a See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of imperial privy See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council. In 67 he accompanied Nero on his tour in See also:

GREECE

Greece. When the emperor's downfall appeared imminent, Tigellinus deserted him, and with Nymphidius Sabinus brought about the defection of the See also:

PRAETORIANS

praetorians. Under See also:

GALBA, SERVIUS SULPICIUS

Galba he was obliged to give up his command, but managed to See also:

SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save his See also:

LIFE

life by lavishing presents upon Vinius, the favourite of Galba, and his daughter. See also:

OTHO, MARCUS SALVIUS (32-69)

Otho on his See also:

ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession (69) deter-See also:

MINED

mined to remove one so universally detested by the See also:

PEOPLE

people.

While in the See also:

BATHS

baths at Sinuessa, Tigellinus received the See also:

NEWS

news that he must See also:

die, and, having vainly endeavoured to gain a See also:

RESPITE (O. Fr. respit, modern repit, Lat. respectus, regard, consideration, respicere, to look back at)

respite, cut his See also:

THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat. See See also:

Tacitus, See also:

ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals, xiv., xv., xvi.; Hist. i. 72; Dio See also:

Cassius lix. 23, lxii. 13, 15, 27, lxiii. 12, 21, lxiv. 3; Suetonius, Galba, 15; See also:

Plutarch, Galba, Otho; See also:

ancient authorities quoted by See also:

Mayor on See also:

JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal, i. 155; B. W. See also:

Henderson, Life and Principate of the Emperor Nero (1903).

End of Article: TIGELLINUS, SOPHONIUS

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