Neophytus was a

freedman A freedman or freedwoman is a person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, slaves were freed by manumission (granted freedom by their owners), emancipation (granted freedom as part of a larger group), or self- ...

of the Roman emperor

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his ...

. He was one of the four companions on the emperor's late journey in June 68, with Epaphroditus, Phaon and

Sporus Sporus (died 69 AD) was a young slave boy whom the Roman emperor Nero had castrated and married during his tour of Greece in 66–67 AD, allegedly in order for him to play the role of his wife, Poppaea Sabina, who had died under uncertain circ ...

, and was with him at his death.

Bibliography

* De Caesaribus, Sextus Aurelius Victor. 1st-century births 1st-century Romans 1st-century deaths Emperor's slaves and freedmen Nero {{AncientRome-bio-stub