Gaius Cornelius Rarus Sextius Naso was a

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active during the last half of the first century AD. He was suffect consul for the ''

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'' September to December 93 with ..is as his colleague; the colleague may be Marcus Tuccius Cerialis, a suffect consul in an otherwise unknown year to whom

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 ...

wrote a letter full of tips on delivering a speech. The existence of Cornelius Rarus is known only through a single inscription of the second century that apparently adorned the Arch of Trajan in

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ar governor of

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in 108/109, when construction of the Arch began; it was completed during the tenure of his successor,

Quintus Pomponius Rufus Quintus Pomponius Rufus was a Roman senator active in the imperial service; he was governor during the reigns of the emperors Domitian and Trajan. Rufus was also suffect consul for the '' nundinium'' September-December AD 95 as the colleague of ...

.Kenneth D. Matthews, Jr. ''Cities in the Sand Leptis Magna and Sabratha in Roman Africa'' (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1957) Cornelius Rarus was also a member of the prestigious ''

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'' of ''

quindecimviri sacris faciundis In ancient Rome, the were the fifteen () members of a college (''collegium'') with priestly duties. They guarded the Sibylline Books, scriptures which they consulted and interpreted at the request of the Senate. This ''collegium'' also oversaw t ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cornelius Rarus Sextius Naso, Gaius 1st-century Romans Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome Roman governors of Africa

Rarus In Greek mythology, Rarus (Ancient Greek: Ρᾶρος) or Rar (Ρᾶρ) was a son of Cranaus, eponym of the Rharian Field near Eleusis, and a possible father of Triptolemus by an unnamed daughter of Amphictyon. According to Suda, Rarus was the fa ...