Quintus Veranius

Quintus Veranius († 58) was a Roman politician and senator of the 1st century AD

Veranius was the son of the same name homo novus, who stood on Germanicus in a narrower ratio, accompanied him as comes to the East and was appointed the first governor of the province of Cappadocia.

In January 41 Veranius played an important role as a tribune of the people, when he seized power of Claudius did not prevent his colleague Brocchus, although the two had been commissioned by the Senate to do so. After his Legatur in the province of Lycia et Pamphylia in 47/48 Veranius was probably several times honored by Claudius because of his good performances he was designated as an ordinary consul for the year 49, was added to the college of augurs that the most important Roman priests included, and possibly also awarded the ornamenta triumphalia. In addition Veranius was in addition to several other senators, whose ancestors had made ​​an outstanding contribution according to Tacitus, taken by Claudius in the patrician in the year 48.

That he before his Legatur in the province of Britain in 57 at Nero's Festival was involved, one can see an inscription. Before he could finish his mission in Britain, died Veranius - probably in the year 58

Veranius had at least two daughters, the twins Octavilla and Verania Gemina. Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Verania married Licinianus who was adopted in the year 69 of Galba and appointed as his successor.

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