Tiberius Claudius Narcissus

Narcissus († October 54 ) was a freedman at the court of the Roman Emperor Claudius. As head of the firm (from epistulis ) he had great political influence.

Narcissus initially enjoyed the trust of Claudius ' wife Messalina, with whom he in the year 42 AD, Claudius brought to Gaius Appius Junius Silanus to be executed. In the same year he was also involved in the suppression of the rebellion, the Lucius Camillus Arruntius Scribonianus tried against Claudius. Contrary to the applicable freedman Narcissus tradition mingled in military affairs: he is the future emperor Vespasian have given over a legion of the command and tried before the conquest of Britain in 43, retune the mutinous legions of the invasion army.

In 48 Narcissus made ​​sure that Claudius was going against Messalina and her lover Gaius Silius, and received the awards a Quaestor. His relationship with Agrippina, the new wife of Claudius, but was clouded because he had advised the Emperor to another wife. She let the very wealthy freedmen arrested immediately after the death of Claudius and the accession of her son Nero and executed.

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