Sextus Erucius Clarus

Sextus Erucius Clarus (fl. mid-2nd century AD) was a Roman aristocrat. He was Urban prefect and twice consul, the second time for the year AD 146.

Clarus was a friend of the Younger Pliny, who assisted him in obtaining from the Emperor Trajan the latus clavus, allowing him to hold the office of quaestor. A letter from Pliny to Apollinaris exists where the former asks the latter to help Clarus in his pursuit of the office of the tribune.[1] Clarus is also the addressee of a letter from Pliny.[2] Aulus Gellius writes of Clarus as a contemporary, stating that he was very devoted to the study of ancient literature; Gellius is also our source for Erucius Clarus holding the office of Urban prefect.[3] An inscription and a passage in the Historia Augusta are our authorities for his second consulship.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Pliny, Epistulae, 2.9
  2. ↑ Pliny, Epistulae 1.15
  3. ↑ Gellius, 6.6, 13.17
  4. ↑ Historia Augusta, "Vita Septimi Severi", 1
Political offices
Preceded by
Imp. Caesar T. Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius IV,
M. Aurelius Caesar II		 Consul of the Roman Empire
146
with Gnaeus Claudius Severus Arabianus 		Succeeded by
Gaius Prastina Messalinus,
Lucius Annius Largus
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