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was a Roman senator, who flourished under the reign of [[]]. He was suffect consul in the nundinium of as the colleague of [[]]. He is known entirely from inscriptions.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:}} [[Category:1st-century Romans]] [[Category:Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome]]

The earliest office XXX would have held was in the decemviri stlitibus judicandis, one of the four boards that formed the vigintiviri; membership in one of these four boards was a preliminary and required first step toward a gaining entry into the Roman Senate. Next was as quaestor, and upon completion of this traditional Republican magistracy XXX would be enrolled in the Senate. Two more of the traditional Republican magistracies followed: plebeian tribune and praetor.

An inscription from XXX provides us the details of his career. His career began in his teens as one of the tresviri monetalis, the most prestigious of the four boards that comprise the vigintiviri; assignment to this board was usually allocated to patricians or favored individuals.

praefectus frumenti dandi (the prefect responsible for the distribution of Rome’s free grain dole);

The usual references

Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for the Reign of Claudius", Classical Quarterly, 28 (1978)

Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for A. D. 70-96", Classical Quarterly, 31 (1981), pp.

Olli Salomies, Adoptive and polyonymous nomenclature in the Roman Empire, (Helsinski: Societas Scientiarum Fenica, 1992),

Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982),

Alison E. Cooley, The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy (Cambridge: University Press, 2012),