person
Polyclitus
A powerful and rapacious freedman of Nero; Otho names him as a byword for plunder.
Reading notes
- The Annals §14.39 Polyclitus
Polyclitus, Nero's freedman sent to compose affairs in Britain.
- The Histories §1.38 Polyclituses
Polyclitus, a powerful freedman of Nero, here a byword (in the plural) for rapacious court favourites.