Sextus afranius burrus biography sample

  • Sextus Afranius Burrus (1 - 62), Praetorian prefect, was advisor to Roman Emperor Nero and, together with Seneca the Younger, very powerful in the early years.
  • Sextus Afranius Burrus was Prefect of the Praetorian Guard from 51 CE until his death in 62 CE. Burrus was hand-picked by Agrippina the.
  • Sextus Afranius Burrus​​ Burrus was probably born in the city of Vaison-la-Romaine, which is now in southern France, where his name was found on a stone tablet.

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    Sextus Afranius Burrus
    Born 1
    Died 62 (aged 60–61)
    Place of birthGallia Narbonensis, Vasio
    Place of death Rome
    Allegiance Roman Empire
    Years of service 50 AD – 62
    RankPraetorian prefect
    Commands heldPraetorian Guard

    Sextus Afranius Burrus (1 - 62), Praetorian prefect, was advisor to Roman Emperor Nero and, together with Seneca the Younger, very powerful in the early years of Nero's reign.[1]

    Agrippina the Younger chose him as Prefect in 51 to secure her son Nero's place as Emperor after the death of Claudius. For the first eight years of Nero's rule of the Roman Empire he and Nero's former tutor Seneca helped maintain a stable government. He acquiesced to Nero's murder of Agrippina the Younger but he lost his influence over Nero anyway. He died in 62, some say from poison.[1]

    The Roman cognomen "Burrus" is the Latin version of the name Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.

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    Sextus Afranius Burrus was Prefect of the Praetorian Guard from 51 CE until his death in 62 CE.

    Burrus was hand-picked by Agrippina the Younger to serve as Prefect, in exchange for his support of her son Nero as heir to Emperor Claudius.

    Though details of his life and service are relatively scarce, it can be reasonably assumed that he played an important role, as Prefect, in securing Nero’s place on the imperial throne after Claudius’ death in 54 CE.

    Ancient sources record that Burrus and philosopher/political advisor Seneca worked closely to assist Nero in the early years of his reign. Though the details of this arrangement are not clear, is seems that in effect, the two men dominated the imperial administration through their astute guidance of the emperor.

    In fact, the first eight years of Nero’s rule were considered to be an excellent example of good government by no less than Trajan himself, on of Rome’s greatest emperors.

    However, it is also clear that both Bur

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