person
Tillius
also: Tullius
A contemporary upstart (the text's 'Tullius') who, having lost his senatorial rank, regained it as military tribune; Horace makes him the type of ambition that only invites envy.
Reading notes
- The Satires §1.6 Tullius, to take up
A contemporary climber (the text's 'Tullius,' usually identified as Tillius) who regained lost senatorial rank as a tribune, only to draw more envy than as a private man.