Publius Suillius Rufus

Publius Suillius Rufus was a Roman statesman who served as suffect consul in AD 41.[1]

Career

Suillius was Claudius' senatorial lieutenant and Germanicus' quaestor.[2][3] Suillius notably prosecuted many of Gaius Silius' clients. In an attempt to bring down Suillius, Silius demanded that Senate enforce Lex Cincia.[4] Sejanus accused him of corruption and Suillius was later convicted and banished.[2]

Family

Suillius was the son of Vistilia and half-brother of Caesonia. He married Ovid's stepdaughter.[5] Due to a scandal involving Messalina, their son Suillius Caesoninus was banished.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for the Reign of Claudius", Classical Quarterly, 28 (1978), pp. 419, 424
  2. 1 2 3 Barrett, Anthony A. (1999). Agrippina: sex, power, and politics in the early empire. London: Routledge. p. 75. ISBN 041520867X.
  3. ↑ Dando-Collins, Stephen (2008). Blood of the Caesars: how the murder of Germanicus led to the fall of Rome. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. p. 98. ISBN 9780470137413.
  4. ↑ Tacitus, Annals, XI:5-6
  5. ↑ McKeown, JC (2010). Classical Latin: an introductory course. Indianapolis: Hackett. p. 161. ISBN 9780872208513.

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