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'''Tavius''' was a high-ranking member of [[Emperor]] [[Nero]]'s court in [[Rome]]. Secretly a [[Christianity|Christian]], he agreed to assist [[Maximus Pettulian]] in his plot to kill Nero. | '''Tavius''' was a high-ranking member of [[Emperor]] [[Nero]]'s court in [[Rome]]. Secretly a [[Christianity|Christian]], he agreed to assist [[Maximus Pettulian]] in his plot to kill Nero in [[64]]. | ||
He tried to purchase [[Barbara Wright]] as a [[slave]] after seeing her concern for [[Woman slave|a fellow slave]], but was told by [[Sevcheria]] that he could only bid for her at the slave auction. At the auction he bid ten thousand [[sesterce]] for her and took her back to Nero's palace to serve the Empress [[Poppaea]]. | He tried to purchase [[Barbara Wright]] as a [[slave]] after seeing her concern for [[Woman slave|a fellow slave]], but was told by [[Sevcheria]] that he could only bid for her at the slave auction. At the auction he bid ten thousand [[sesterce]] for her and took her back to Nero's palace to serve the Empress [[Poppaea]]. | ||
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