Larcius Afer

Larcius Afer was one of seven vigiles in the Roman town of Vesunna in Aquitaine. He had served with Gaius Tero in a Roman legion stationed on the Rhine and settled in Vesunna with him after he had mustered out. As Tero was the tesserarius, Afer reported to him.

One night, when Afer had the watch, he was approached by a panic stricken Titus, valet to Clodius Eprius. Titus reported that he had been given the evening off and when he returned to the villa he had discovered Eprius dead. The sight of the body shocked and frightened Afer. He ran to Tero's home, awoke him and reported Eprius' death. He then accompanied Tero to Eprius' villa.

Afer's theory on the cause of death was that Jupiter's thunderbolt slew Eprius.