# Sporus — The Lives of the Caesars character guide

> Sporus in The Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** This Sporus

**First appearance:** 0005-book-vi-nero

## Who they are

Young boy castrated and married by Nero.

## Relationships

### [Vitellius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lives_of_the_caesars_se/characters/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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