Fuscus' Alleged Coup Plot

The choice of Lucius appears to have been too much for Sir Vianus and Fuscus to take. Some sources claim that other men of senatorial rank were also caught up in Hadrian's paranoid net at the same time. It is possible that he did engage in a carefully planned purge to clear the path for his chosen heirs, and perhaps deal a bit of vengeance to his enemies before he died.