executed. Nero, who acceded to the throne, allowed Halotus to continue as chief steward and taster; Halotus served Nero until the latter's death in 68, and...
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allegedly killed by poison in AD 54, even though he had a food taster named Halotus. Tasters were sometimes coerced. Over history, presidents and royal families...
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Locusta prepared the toxin, which was served to the Emperor by his servant Halotus. Tacitus also writes that Agrippina arranged for Claudius' doctor Xenophon...
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before Britannicus could gain power. Some implicate either his taster Halotus, his doctor Xenophon, or the infamous poisoner Locusta as the administrator...
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was sprinkled on a mushroom and given to the emperor by his food-taster Halotus; when this poison appeared to be ineffectual, the doctor Gaius Stertinius...
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Philip described to the eunuch. The eunuch was baptized shortly thereafter. Halotus (c. 20–30 CE – c. 70–80 CE), servant to the Roman Emperor Claudius and...
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poison herbs. However, accounts of the way Claudius died vary greatly. Halotus, his taster, Gaius Stertinius Xenophon, his doctor, and the infamous poisoner...
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Emperor (42BCE-37 CE) Claudius, Roman Emperor (41-54) (lover of Mnester and Halotus) Nero, Roman Emperor (54-68) (lover of Sporus and Pythagoras) Galba, Roman...
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of the guard Basil Gill as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor Morland Graham as Halotus, master of Livia's household Everley Gregg as Domitia, Messalina's mother...
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reality completing the murder. Locusta - another suspect in the murder. Halotus - Claudius's official taster. Another possible suspect. Tacitus Annals...
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