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VItellius voted a Remuneration of Five and twenty thousand Crowns to be given Sosibius, for in∣structing Britanicus with his Pre∣cepts, and the Emperour with his Counsel.
Sosibius, says D'Ablancourt, had a re∣ward of Five and twenty thousand Crowns, by the Advice of Vitellius, under pretence of the good Services which he did the Em∣perour
and his Son, by assisting the one with his Precepts, and the other with his Coun∣sels.
Sosibius, Tutor to Britanicus the Son of Claudius, was made use of as an Evidence against Asiaticus; and for this piece of of Service it was, that Vitellius would needs vote him a Reward so considerable, under the fair and specious pretence of Merit and Desert. And thus it is, that Flattery adorns and beautifies deformed Villany, with honourable and graceful Titles. Vitellius calls that Counsel, to which Men of Vertue and Integrity, would have given the Appellation of Ty∣ranny. Sosibius had told the Emperour, that the excessive Riches of private Persons many times prov'd fatal to Princes, on purpose to provoke him to a suspition of Asiaticus's Wealth, and a seisure of his Estate; which being once design'd by Messalina, the officious Peda∣gogue was no less diligent to appear as a Witness against the Innocent Gentleman, whose Crimes were ready multiply'd to take away his Life. Certainly, if the Instruction which he gave Britanicus, were answerable to the Maxims which
he instill'd into the Father, he was a dan∣gerous Tutor for a young Prince.