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Marcus Cluvius Rufus

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102:. Hilarius, a freedman of Vitellius, accused him of aspiring to obtain the government of Hispania independent of the emperor, but Cluvius went to Vitellius, who was then in Gaul, and succeeded in clearing his name. Cluvius is said to have pushed senators to demand more power from the emperor during the reign of 114:
Cluvius Rufus was an important historian whose writing and testimony, though now lost, certainly shaped modern understanding of first century Rome. He was a contemporary of Caligula, Claudius, and Nero, but little is known of the extent of his work except that it related to events during the reign
94:. Tacitus said "Spain was under the government of Cluvius Rufus, an eloquent man, who had all the accomplishments of civil life, but who was without experience in war." Nobody had been endangered by his actions during Nero's reign. On the death of Galba, Cluvius first swore allegiance to 180: 72:, but Paul Gallivan believes that in "all probability Cluvius' consular date should be Neronian." He had been involved in the conspiracy to assassinate 426: 83:
reign, Cluvius knew many members of the emperor's inner circle, He appeared as the emperor's herald at the games in which Nero made his appearance.
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prior to AD 65; from how those Roman historians mention him he could have held the fasces during the reign of
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was a Roman consul, senator, governor, and historian who was mentioned on several occasions by
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of these emperors. Cluvius was one of the primary sources for Tacitus'
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1st century Roman consul, senator, governor, and historian
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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Index

Cluvius Rufus
Tacitus
Suetonius
Cassius Dio
Josephus
Plutarch
consul suffectus
Claudius
Caligula
Nero's
year of the four emperors
Hispania
Otho
Vitellius
Vitellius
Annals
Histories
The Lives of Twelve Caesars
Josephus
Antiquities of the Jews
Plutarch's
Parallel Lives
Cluvia (gens)
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
William Smith
"The Fasti for the Reign of Claudius"
Classical Quarterly
Categories
1st-century Romans
1st-century historians

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