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Roman senator condemned by Nero alongside Thrasea Paetus in 66 CE — one of the Stoic martyrs of the Neronian period whose deaths Tacitus recorded as examples of virtue destroyed by tyranny.
Roman Stoic senator under Nero who was famous for his principled opposition to imperial tyranny — walking out of the Senate rather than vote for measures he found unjust — and who was ultimately condemned by Nero and chose death rather than exile.