Patrobius

Patrobius (d. 69) was a prominent freedman in the time of ancient Roman Emperor Nero. He and Helius exercised great and pernicious power and influence under Nero. In 66 AD he put on a luxurious show at Puteoli to honor the Armenian king Tiridates.[1] Patrobius was executed along with several other of Nero's favorites after Galba came to power.[2] They were marched in chains around the city before they were publicly executed.

References

Plutarch, Ian Scott-Kilvert, and C. B. R. Pelling. Rome in Crisis: Nine Lives: Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Sertorius, Lucullus, Younger Cato, Brutus, Antony, Galba, Otho. London: Penguin, 2010. Print.
Gregory, A. P. "A Study in Survival: The Case of the Freedman L. Domitius Phaon." Athenaeum 83 (1995): 401. ProQuest. Web. 24 November 2015.

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[1] Plutarch, Ian Scott-Kilvert, and C. B. R. Pelling. Rome in Crisis: Nine Lives: Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Sertorius, Lucullus, Younger Cato, Brutus, Antony, Galba, Otho. London: Penguin, 2010. Print.

[2] Gregory, A. P. "A Study in Survival: The Case of the Freedman L. Domitius Phaon." Athenaeum 83 (1995): 401. ProQuest. Web. 24 November 2015.