The Lives of the Caesars · Character
Sporus
Young boy castrated and married by Nero.
minor
Also known as This Sporus
First appearance: book vi nero
Sporus's tie to Vitellius is one of the pressures that moves The Lives of the Caesars—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Sporus first appears in 0005 book vi nero.
With Vitellius (psychological): Sporus was a young boy castrated and married by Nero, and Vitellius later forced him to perform in a degrading public spectacle.
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psychological · negative
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