person
Sextus Afranius Burrus
Burrus
also: Burrus
Praetorian prefect under Nero and, with Seneca, the guiding hand of the reign's early years; his request that Nero sign a death-warrant drew the emperor's cry, 'Would I did not know my letters.'
Reading notes
- On Mercy §2.1 Burrus
Sextus Afranius Burrus, praetorian prefect and, with Seneca, guardian of the early reign; his request for Nero's signature on a death-warrant drew the famous cry.