Sextus Erucius Clarus
Sextus Erucius Clarus († late February or early March 146) was a Roman politician and senator in the times of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius .
Clarus was nephew of Gaius Septicius Clarus , Praetorian prefect 117/119. He was the younger Pliny promoted and received on his intercession by 99 the Bursary , later tribune and praetor . He took part in Trajan's Parthian War as a praetoric legate and captured Seleukia-Ctesiphon in 116 .
Clarus was consul twice ; His first consulate cannot be precisely dated, probably after the Parthian War in 117. He died during his second consulate, which he received as city prefect , in late February or early March 146. His son was probably Gaius Erucius Clarus , consul in 170.
literature
- Rudolf Hanslik : Erucius II. 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, Col. 364.
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR )² E 96
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erucius Clarus, Sextus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clarus, Sextus Erucius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman consul 146 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 146 |