The gens Erucia was a
plebeian family at
Rome. Members of this
gens are first mentioned early in the first century BC; the name has been claimed as
Etruscan.[1] However, in the second century of the
Empire, the Erucii attained considerable distinction.[2]
Gaius Erucius, the accuser of
Sextus Roscius of
Ameria, whom
Cicero defended in 80 BC. He was also one of the accusers of Lucius Varenus, who was likewise defended by Cicero, who calls Erucius Antoniaster, that is, an imitator of the orator
Antonius.[4]
Marcus Erucius Clarus, brother of the Praetorian Praefect, is spoken of by Pliny as a man of honour, integrity, and learning, and well skilled in pleading causes. He is probably the same Erucius Clarus who took and burnt
Seleucia, in conjunction with Tiberius Julius Alexander, in AD 115, and Marcus Erucius Clarus,
consul with Alexander in AD 117, the year of
Trajan's death.[7][8]
Gaius Julius Erucius (C. f. Sex. n.) Clarus, consul in AD 193. The emperor
Commodus had determined to murder the consuls as they entered upon their office on the first of January, but he himself was assassinated on the preceding day. After the death of
Pescennius Niger in 194,
Septimius Severus wished Clarus to turn informer against Niger's supporters; but Clarus refused, and was put to death by the emperor.[13][14][15]
The gens Erucia was a
plebeian family at
Rome. Members of this
gens are first mentioned early in the first century BC; the name has been claimed as
Etruscan.[1] However, in the second century of the
Empire, the Erucii attained considerable distinction.[2]
Gaius Erucius, the accuser of
Sextus Roscius of
Ameria, whom
Cicero defended in 80 BC. He was also one of the accusers of Lucius Varenus, who was likewise defended by Cicero, who calls Erucius Antoniaster, that is, an imitator of the orator
Antonius.[4]
Marcus Erucius Clarus, brother of the Praetorian Praefect, is spoken of by Pliny as a man of honour, integrity, and learning, and well skilled in pleading causes. He is probably the same Erucius Clarus who took and burnt
Seleucia, in conjunction with Tiberius Julius Alexander, in AD 115, and Marcus Erucius Clarus,
consul with Alexander in AD 117, the year of
Trajan's death.[7][8]
Gaius Julius Erucius (C. f. Sex. n.) Clarus, consul in AD 193. The emperor
Commodus had determined to murder the consuls as they entered upon their office on the first of January, but he himself was assassinated on the preceding day. After the death of
Pescennius Niger in 194,
Septimius Severus wished Clarus to turn informer against Niger's supporters; but Clarus refused, and was put to death by the emperor.[13][14][15]