Timagenes
Timagenes (
Octavianus
, or have him put to death.
During his life Timagenes wrote a Universal History (until the time of Caesar) and a History of the Gauls. These works did not survive but are known through quotations in other historians. For example, the History of the Gauls is quoted in the works of
Pompeius Trogus's Philippic Histories, which survive in Justin
's epitome.
Timagenes' death has all the hallmarks of poisoning; in the Suda[2] it is stated that he was at a villa in the Roman region of Albania or 'Albanum' and felt sick shortly after dinner. He attempted to vomit, but choked and died as a result.
References
Further reading
- Richard Laqueur: Timagenes. In: Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft(RE). Vol. VI A,1, Stuttgart 1936, col. 1063–1071.
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