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Marcus Aquilius Regulus

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According to Pliny, Regulus was in fear of his life following the assassination of Domitian. In one of his letters, Pliny describes how the man was intent on achieving a rapprochement with Pliny before
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could return from exile and possibly extract some revenge on Regulus for his relegation. Pliny was clearly hostile towards Regulus, for in another letter he recounts how Regulus indulged in
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and his son. Pliny claims he was as active in the reign of Domitian as he was during the reign of Nero, but we know very little about his activities during the later period.
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According to Tacitus, his father was exiled under Nero and his wealth divided amongst his creditors, but does not name him.
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as his half-brother, and it is generally assumed they shared the same mother; she has not been identified.
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with their young children before the Senate, Regulus evaded punishment. Regulus found favor under
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suggests his father might be identified with Lucius Aquillius L.f. Regulus, the pontifex and
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His period of greatest notoriety was during the reign of Nero, when Regulus prosecuted
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argues for the honor, Rutledge is less certain that he achieved this office.
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Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and informants from Tiberius to Domitian
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Rutledge dates Regulus' death as "sometime before 106."
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Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
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1st century AD Roman senator and delator (informer)
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Index

Roman
senator
delator
Nero
Domitian
Pliny
Tacitus
Martial
orators
Martianus Capella
Fronto
Cicero
Paul von Rohden
quaestor
Tiberius
CIL
VI, 2122
Lucius Vipstanus Messalla
Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi
Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus
Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Peticus
Year of Four Emperors
Curtius Montanus
Sulpicia Praetextata
Vespasian
suffect consulate
Ronald Syme
Junius Mauricus
legacy hunting

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