Aulus Petronius Lurco was a

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, who was active during the

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. He was

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in the ''

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'' for the second half of the year 58 AD with

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as his colleague. He is known entirely from inscriptions. It is known that Lurco was one of the

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. A "M. Petronius Lurco" is mentioned as one of the three ''curatores tabulariorum publicorum'', along with

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and Titus Satrius Decianus; this Petronius Lurco may be a brother of the consul of 58. Yet because the inscription that attests to this is known from a transcription in the ''

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'', which has errors, it is also possible the initial should be an "A." and Petronius Lurco is identical to the consul.

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