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Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus
Mamercus Scaurus
also: Mamercus
Consul of AD 21, orator and tragic poet, descendant of the elder Scaurus; notorious for gross debauchery and forced to suicide under Tiberius. Seneca's example of high office given for an ancestor's sake.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §4.31.3 Mamercus Scaurus
Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus, consul AD 21, orator and tragedian of gross vices, raised to office for the sake of his ancestor's name; forced to suicide under Tiberius.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §3.29.6 Scaurus
Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus (d. AD 34), orator and noted wit under Tiberius.