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Commodus. It is in 193 that we hear of him again: according to the
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offered to make both
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praetorian prefect (no later than 8 June 197), we hear no more of either
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offers a possible career path for him, the earliest appointment known for
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began no later than 7 April 181 -- an impossibly quick rise through the ranks!
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who is known to have held imperial appointments under both emperors
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255:Ancient Roman equites
217:Prefectus of Aegyptus
140:Antiquités africaines
59:Mauretania Tingitana
270:Praetorian prefects
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227:Vernasius Facundus
210:Titus Flavius Piso
202:Political offices
42:praetorian prefect
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30:Commodus
134:Spaul,
19:was a
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