Gaius Cornelius Rarus Sextius Naso was a

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active during the last half of the first century AD. He was

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for the ''

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'' September to December 93 with ..is as his colleague; the colleague may be Marcus Tuccius Cerialis, a suffect consul in an otherwise unknown year to whom

Pliny the Younger Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo; 61 – ), better known in English as Pliny the Younger ( ), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and e ...

wrote a letter full of tips on delivering a speech. The existence of Cornelius Rarus is known only through a single inscription of the second century that apparently adorned the Arch of Trajan in

Leptis Magna Leptis or Lepcis Magna, also known by #Names, other names in classical antiquity, antiquity, was a prominent city of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya at the mouth of the Wadi Lebda in the Mediterranean. Established as a Punic people, Puni ...

, which is badly damaged.IRT 523
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ar governor of

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in 108/109, when construction of the Arch began; it was completed during the tenure of his successor, Quintus Pomponius Rufus.Kenneth D. Matthews, Jr. ''Cities in the Sand Leptis Magna and Sabratha in Roman Africa'' (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1957) Cornelius Rarus was also a member of the prestigious ''

collegium A (: ) or college was any association in ancient Rome that Corporation, acted as a Legal person, legal entity. Such associations could be civil or religious. The word literally means "society", from ("colleague"). They functioned as social cl ...

'' of ''

quindecimviri sacris faciundis In ancient Rome, the were the fifteen () members of a college (''collegium'') with priestly duties. They guarded the Sibylline Books, scriptures which they consulted and interpreted at the request of the Senate. This ''collegium'' also oversaw ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cornelius Rarus Sextius Naso, Gaius 1st-century Romans Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome Roman governors of Africa

Rarus In Greek mythology, Rarus (, ) or Rar (, ) was a son of Cranaus, eponym of the Rarian Field near Eleusis, and a possible father of Triptolemus by an unnamed daughter of Amphictyon. According to Suda, Rarus was the father of Celeus and through him ...