Cornelius Laco
Cornelius Laco († 69 ) was a Roman knight . He worked his way up from the lower class and made a career up to the assessor in the entourage of Galba in the Hispania Tarraconensis .
According to the historian Cassius Dio (LX 23.3), Laco exercised the post of head of the night watch ( praefectus vigilum ) in Rome in an indefinite period before 44 AD . Around 44 AD he is said to have been procurator of Gaul. Emperor Claudius held Laco in high esteem because he honored him in AD 44 by giving him "a picture and a seat in the Senate whenever he entered the Curia with the Emperor". He also awarded him the rank of ex-consul.
After Galba's emperor's rise in 68, Laco became his Praetorian prefect . In this position he became very influential and, along with Titus Vinius and Marcianus Icelus, was considered one of the emperor's three most important advisors. However, there was resentment among the three and they intrigued against each other. Tacitus describes Laco as phlegmatic, indecisive and mendacious; to what extent the characterization is correct remains questionable. After the fall of the emperor in the following year, Laco was exiled to an island and killed there on the orders of the new emperor Otho .
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- Tacitus : Histories I, 6; 13; 19; 26; 33, 39; 46
- Cassius Dio: Roman History .
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- PIR²C 1374
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cornelius Laco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Laco, Cornelius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Praetorian Prefect Galbas |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 69 |