Eunuch, who was the food taster of Claudius [III 1], and is supposed to have given him the poison from which he died at the order of Agrippina [3]. Although he was found guilty under Nero, Galba protected him and conferred a financially lucrative procuratorship on him. PIR2 H 11.
Halotus(57 words)
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Eck, Werner (Cologne), “Halotus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e502260>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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