Sextus Afranius Burrus

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Sextus Afranius Burrus
Born 1
Gallia Narbonensis, Vasio
Died 62 (age 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][3]

Agrippina the Younger chose him as Prefect in 51 to secure her son Nero's place as emperor after the death of Claudius.[4] 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.[5]

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

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  1. CIL XII 5842 = ILS 1321
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Government offices
Preceded by Praetorian prefect
51–62
Succeeded by
Faenius Rufus and Gaius Ophonius Tigellinus


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