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Sejanus was born around 20 BC at Volsinii, Etruria, into the Seia gens. His father was Lucius Seius Strabo. [2] [3] The Seii were Romans of the Equites class (or knights), the second-highest social class of the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire.
- 14 AD – AD 31
- Praetorian prefect
Lucius Aelius Sejanus was born in 20 BCE in Volsinii, a city located in the Etruscan region of Italy. His family, though not of the senatorial class, held a certain distinction in their hometown. His father, Lucius Seius Strabo, was a man of considerable influence, serving as the prefect of the Praetorian Guard before being appointed governor ...
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Apr 8, 2024 · Sejanus (died 31 ce) was the chief administrator of the Roman Empire for the emperor Tiberius, alleged murderer of Tiberius’s only son, Drusus Caesar, and suspect in a plot to overthrow Tiberius and become emperor himself.
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Apr 20, 2017 · Lucius Aelius Seianus was born presumably in 20 BCE in the Etruscan city of Volsini. His father was Lucius Seius Strabo, a wealthy equestrian that became praetorian prefect in 2 BCE. Even though his family was not noble, it was very important; Sejanus' grandaunt, in fact, was the wife of Maecenas, one of Augustus' most trusted
Oct 16, 2021 · Sejanus was born in 20 BCE in Volsinia (Etruria) as Lucius Aelius Seianus in the Seii family. Sejanus was an ambitious soldier, friend and confidant of Emperor Tiberius; Almighty Prefect of the Praetorian Guard from 14 CE.
And he presumably emphasized the tradition that made Servius an Etruscan, not Roman, by birth, for Sejanus too was Etruscan, a native of Vulsinii, where the local goddess was Nortia, the Etruscan version of the Roman goddess Fortuna. But in the end, Fortune deserted Servius Tullius, who died horribly.
1 day ago · Sejanus ( 31) Sejanus (d. 31) D. ad 31, of Volsinii (mod. Bolsena). Sejanus’ father was an eques (knight), Lucius Seius Strabo, his mother the sister of Quintus Iunius Blaesus, suffect consul ad 10, and connected with Aelii Tuberones and Cassii Longini. Sejanus, who had attended Augustus’ grandson Gaius in the east, was made Strabo’s ...
