or ELECTUS, originally, it would appear, the freedman of L. Verus, after whose death he
enjoyed the protection of M. Aurelius, became subsequently the chamberlain of Ummidius
Quadratus, and after his destruction was chosen to fill the same office in the household of
Commodus. The circumstances under which Eclectus, in conjunction with Laetus and Marcia,
contrived the death of the tyrant and then forced the vacant throne upon Pertinax, along with
whom he eventually perished are described elsewhere. [COMMODUS ; LAETUS; MARCIA; PERTINAX.]
(Capitolin. Ver. 9, expressly declares that the Eclectus who was the
freedman of Verus was the individual who murdered Commodus, while in Dio Cassius, 72.4, he is
first introduced as the chamberlain of Quadratus. See also Pertin. 4, 11 ; Herodian, 1.51, &c., 2.1;