person
Gaius Turranius
Turannius
also: Turannius
Prefect of the grain supply who, discharged from office past ninety by Caligula, had himself mourned as dead until reinstated; Seneca's emblem of the man who cannot bear leisure.
Reading notes
- On the Shortness of Life §20.4 Turannius
Gaius Turranius, prefect of the grain supply, who past ninety had himself mourned as dead rather than accept his discharge.