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Icelus Martianus (died 69 CE) was a freedman of and adviser to the Roman Emperor Galba. Icelus had been imprisoned and released during the revolt against Nero and was present at Nero's suicide where he granted Nero's request that his body would be buried intact.
I'celus, Marcia'nus. a freedman of Galba, who was arrested by Nero on the first tidings of his patron's defection, but released when the revolt against the emperor extended to Rome. Having given up Nero's body to his freed-women for sepulture, Icelus hurried from Rome to Clunia in Hispania Tarraconensis with the news of Nero's death, and of ...
Article History. Table of Contents. Morpheus, in Greco-Roman mythology, one of the sons of Hypnos (Somnus), the god of sleep. Morpheus sends human shapes (Greek morphai) of all kinds to the dreamer, while his brothers Phobetor (or Icelus) and Phantasus send the forms of animals and inanimate things, respectively.
The first of the three, Icelus, had been given the gold ring of the equestrian order by Galba when he told the emperor of Nero’s death; he had then taken the name Marcianus.[40] Icelus was also trying to become a Praetorian Prefect,[41] and was considered to be one of the most powerful men in Galba’s court; he was also a turncoat, enough ...
On the freedman, Galba conferred the honour of the gold ring, and Icelus, as he had been before, now taking the name of Marcianus, held the first place of the freedmen.
18 de mar. de 2024 · There was also rumours that within 7 months of being in office, Icelus Marcianus had stolen more in 13 years than all of Nero's freedmen combined. Icelus would later be executed under the Roman emperor who took Galba's place, Otho.
Three of these — Titus Vinius, who became Galba's colleague as consul, Cornelius Laco, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and Galba's freedman Icelus Marcianus — were said to virtually control the emperor.
