Book 27
3.2
For one Terentius, born in that city, a fellow of low origin and a baker by trade, by way of reward because he had brought Orfitus, an ex-prefect, into court on the charge of embezzlement, held the position of governor in that province. Emboldened 374 A.D. by this, he proceeded to stir up many disturbances, and being convicted of cheating in a matter of business with some ship-captains,The navicularii brought grain from abroad. as was reported, he met death at the hands of the executioner when Claudius was city-prefect.A.D. 374. The omen seems to have been that of an unfit person making trouble in a high position; there is perhaps a connection with the asses used to turn the mills in a bakery.
