Sextus Afranius Burrus
Sextus Afranius Burrus | |
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| Born | 1 Vasio |
| Died | 62 (aged 60–61) Rome |
| Allegiance | Roman Empire |
| Years of service | 50 AD – 62 |
| Rank | Praetorian prefect |
| Commands held | Praetorian Guard |
Sextus Afranius Burrus (born AD 1 in Vasio, Gallia Narbonensis;[1] died AD 62) was a prefect of the Praetorian Guard and was, together with Seneca the Younger, an advisor to the Roman emperor Nero, making him a very powerful man in the early years of Nero's reign.[2]
Agrippina the Younger chose him as Prefect in 51 to secure her son Nero's place as emperor after the death of Claudius.[3] For the first eight years of Nero's rule, Burrus and Nero's former tutor Seneca helped maintain a stable government. Burrus acquiesced to Nero's murder of Agrippina the Younger but lost his influence over Nero anyway. He died in 62, some say from poison.[4]
The cognomen "Burrus" is the Latin version of the name Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.
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- ISBN 978-0-521-33887-5.
- ISBN 978-1-317-69844-9.
- ISBN 978-0-300-07856-5.
- ISBN 978-1-85532-361-2. Archived from the originalon 14 February 2016.
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