Nepos (Roman governor)

Licinius Nepos is a known figure during the reign of the emperor Trajan. Pliny the Younger, a Roman writer, mentions Licinius Nepos in his letters.[1] Pliny describes him as a praetor, who is so brave and strong that he is unafraid to punish even senators. Ronald Syme has proposed identifying him with the suffect consul of 127, M. Licinius Celer Nepos.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Pliny the Younger, Books VI, V
  2. ↑ Syme, "The Enigmatic Sospes", Journal of Roman Studies, 67 (1977), p. 43


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