Thrawn would become involved in Imperial court politics, as Mara Jade would later reminisce ; all thought that his exile was due to his political defeat by Grand Admiral Rufaan Tigellinus.

Ofonius Tigellinus, also known as Ophonius Tigellinus and Sophonius Tigellinus ( c. 10 – 69 ), was a prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard, known as the Praetorian Guard, from 62 until 68, during the reign of emperor Nero.

When Nero's demise appeared imminent, Tigellinus deserted him and shifted his allegiance to the new emperor Galba.

Such ' renunciations of friendship ' on the part of the emperor were normally the prelude to the victim's death, but unexpectedly Nero seems to have changed his mind at this point, perhaps due to fluctuating power dynamics with Tigellinus, who as Capito's father-in-law might be presumed to have a strong motive to wish for Thrasea's elimination.

* After a stage performance in which he appears and shocks the senatorial class considerably, Nero engages in a series of reprisals against Seneca, Tigellinus, pro-republican senators, and anyone else he distrusts.

In 67 Tigellinus accompanied Nero on his tour in Greece.

In 62 the praetor Antistius Sosianus, who had written abusive poems about Nero, was accused on a maiestas charge by Thrasea's old enemy Cossutianus Capito, who had recently been restored to the senate through the influence of his father-in-law Tigellinus.

) Nero, Tigellinus and Poppea are major characters in both the play and novel, and in both, Poppea lusts after Marcus.

* In the 1951 film Quo Vadis, based on the novel, Tigellinus ( played by Ralph Truman ) is ( unhistorically ) stabbed to death by a soldier spectator at the cry of A sword from Plautius!

According to some sources, it was really Tigellinus ' idea to burn Rome, although this is disputed.

In The Sign of the Cross, it is Nero's idea to burn Rome, but it is Tigellinus who gives him the idea of blaming it on the Christians.

Unfortunately for Tigellinus, Galba was replaced by Otho barely six months after his accession.

He enlisted the aid of several prominent senators, equestrians, and soldiers with a loosely conceived plan in which Faenius Rufus — joint prefect of the Praetorian Guard with Ofonius Tigellinus — would conduct Piso to the Praetorian Camp for a formal declaration by the Guard.

Tigellinus gained imperial favour through his acquaintance with Nero's mother Agrippina the Younger, and was appointed prefect upon the death of his predecessor Sextus Afranius Burrus, a position Tigellinus held first with Faenius Rufus and then Nymphidius Sabinus.

When the Emperor's downfall appeared imminent, Tigellinus deserted him, and with Nymphidius Sabinus brought about the defection of the Praetorian Guard.

While in the baths at Sinuessa, Tigellinus received the news that he must die, and, having vainly endeavoured to gain a respite, cut his own throat with a razor.

Although another possible exaggeration, Tacitus records that during one of Nero's feasts the prefect Tigellinus had brothels filled with upper class women.

Tigellinus becomes Nero's counselor.

Otho ordered the execution of Tigellinus, upon which he committed suicide.

Tigellinus was a native of Agrigentum, of humble origin and possibly of Greek descent.

* Tigellinus appears in both the play and film The Sign of the Cross.

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