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Sextus Afranius Burrus

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Sextus Afranius Burrus (born AD 1 in Vasio, Gallia Narbonensis; died AD 62) was a prefect of the Praetorian Guard and was, together with Seneca the Younger, an advisor to the Roman emperor Nero, making him a very powerful man in the early years of Nero's reign. Agrippina the Younger chose him as Prefect in 51 to secure her son Nero's place as emperor after the death of Claudius. For the first eight years of Nero's rule, Burrus and Nero's former tutor Seneca helped maintain a stable government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sextus Afranius Burrus has received more than 124,708 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Sextus Afranius Burrus is the 4,782nd most popular politician (down from 4,107th in 2019), the 1,498th most popular biography from France (down from 1,337th in 2019) and the 372nd most popular French Politician.

Sextus Afranius Burrus was a Roman senator and general who was appointed as the prefect of the Praetorian Guard by the emperor Claudius. He is most famous for being the prefect of the Praetorian Guard who was killed by the emperor Nero in 68 AD.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sextus Afranius Burrus ranks 4,782 out of 15,577. Before him are Amin al-Hafiz, Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal, Lord Randolph Churchill, Suryavarman II, William I, Duke of Aquitaine, and Pleistoanax. After him are Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Magnus Barefoot, Lucius Antonius Saturninus, Gaetano Bresci, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, and Dayan Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1, Sextus Afranius Burrus ranks 16. Before him are Silas, Onesimus, Vologases I of Parthia, Shimon bar Yochai, Locusta, and Joanna, wife of Chuza. After him are Nicanor the Deacon, Caesarius of Africa, Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus, and Silbannacus. Among people deceased in 62, Sextus Afranius Burrus ranks 5. Before him are James, son of Alphaeus, James the Less, Claudia Octavia, and Persius. After him is Porcius Festus.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sextus Afranius Burrus ranks 1,498 out of 6,011. Before him are Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), Roland Topor (1938), and William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875). After him are John of Matha (1150), Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160), Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489), Bertrade de Montfort (1070), Maurice Bucaille (1920), and Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1464).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Sextus Afranius Burrus ranks 372. Before him are Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), Alain Poher (1909), Diane de France (1538), Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746), Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), and William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875). After him are Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160), Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489), Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1464), Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), Bernard de Tremelay (1100), and Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337).

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