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74:. Tacitus says that Lateranus joined from no personal grudge against Nero, but out of patriotism alone. His part in the plot was as follows: He was to prostrate himself before Nero, in a pretense of petitioning for financial assistance; then, being both 'resolute and muscular', he was to bring him down and hold him, allowing others of a military nature involved in the plot to kill him. When the plot was exposed, Nero had Plautius executed. Tacitus states that his 'removal' was so hasty that he was not permitted to say goodbye to his children, nor to choose the manner of his death. He was taken to a 'place reserved for slave executions', and died in resolute silence. The man who executed him, Statius Proxumus, was also involved in the plot, but Lateranus did not expose him. 228: 81:
makes it clear that he was beheaded. Epictetus asks his students why they shouldn't accept death; why they should fear dying alone. Why don't they hold out their necks in "the way Lateranus did at Rome, when condemned by Nero to be beheaded? He held out his neck willingly to take the blow–but the
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was discovered. Fortunately, Claudius held Aulus Plautius in high esteem. Though he escaped death, he was removed from his senatorial position, but was later granted re-admittance under
51:, the man who led the Invasion of Britain in 43 AD, and it was through his good offices that Plautius Lateranus escaped the death penalty in AD 48, after his affair with the emperor 265: 299: 314: 19:
This article is about the 1st century AD Roman senator and politician. For the satirical ancient Roman god of hearths, see
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blow was deficient, so he recoiled a bit, but then had enough self-command to offer his neck a second time."
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Though Tacitus doesn't state the means of execution, Epictetus in his
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Lateranus
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senator
Plautia gens
Quintus Plautius
Aulus Plautius
Claudius
Messalina
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Pisonian conspiracy
Lateran Palace
Rome
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Lily Ross Taylor
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Saint John Lateran
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