Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus was a

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who was active in the first century.

Life

He was appointed suffect consul in 38 as the colleague of Servius Asinius Celer. Quinctilianus was the son of the homonymous consul of the year 8, and Sosia, a daughter of

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, consul in 32 BC. He known to have at least one brother, Lucius Nonius Quinctilianus. At some point prior to holding the republican magistracy of

plebeian tribune Tribune of the plebs, tribune of the people or plebeian tribune ( la, tribunus plebis) was the first office of the Roman state that was open to the plebeians, and was, throughout the history of the Republic, the most important check on the power of ...

, Quinctilianus had been admitted to the ''

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'', a prestigious priesthood charged with guarding the

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. In the year 32, while plebeian tribune, he proposed adding a new volume from Lucius Caninius Gallus to the collection of canonical Sibylline Books; however, the emperor

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gently rebuked Quinctilianus for the proposal, reminding him that this proposed supplement had not passed through the expected procedure and directed that the volume be referred back to the full priesthood for their review and judgment.

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, ''

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'', VI.12

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nonius Quinctilianus, Sextus 1st-century Romans Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome Quinctilianus, Sextus Nonius (38)