Sextus Pompeius Collega was a

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and orator active during the last half of the first century AD. He was ordinary consul for 93 with Quintus Peducaeus Priscinus as his colleague. He was the son of

Gnaeus Pompeius Collega Gnaeus Pompeius Collega was a Roman senator who held a series of offices in the emperor's service. He was suffect consul in the ''nundinium'' of November to December 71 with Quintus Julius Cordus as his colleague. Collega's best known action was i ...

, suffect consul in 71. Collega is best known from

Pliny the Younger Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 – c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger (), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate ...

's account in his '' Epistulae'' about the corruption trial of

Marius Priscus Marius may refer to: People *Gaius Marius (157 BC-86 BC), Roman statesman, seven times consul. Arts and entertainment * Marius (play), ''Marius'' (play), a 1929 play by Marcel Pagnol * Marius (short story), "Marius" (short story), a 1957 story ...

, the former

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ar governor of

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. When the trial had moved to the penalty stage,

Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus was a Roman senator who was active during the late 1st and early 2nd centuries. He is best known as the older friend of Pliny the Younger, with whom Cornutus was suffect consul for the '' nundinium'' of September t ...

proposed that Priscus be punished with a fine of 700,000

sesterces The ''sestertius'' (plural ''sestertii''), or sesterce (plural sesterces), was an ancient Roman coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions. During the Roman Empire it was a large brass coin. The na ...

and exile from Rome and Italy; Collega not only expressed his agreement with this penalty, but proposed that the fine be paid into the treasury. When his version of the proposal failed to gain support, Collega complained about the faithlessness of the senators who encouraged him to make his proposal, who included Marcus Aquilius Regulus.Pliny, ''Epistulae'', II.20.22

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