Gaius Erucius Clarus was a Roman politician and senator in the second century AD. Gaius Erucius Clarus was a member of the

plebeian In ancient Rome, the plebeians or plebs were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners". Both classes were hereditary. Etymology The precise origins of the gro ...

gens Erucia. His father was

Sextus Erucius Clarus Sextus Erucius Clarus (died March 146) was a Roman senator and aristocrat. He was Urban prefect and twice consul, the second time for the year AD 146. Clarus was the nephew of Gaius Septicius Clarus, a friend of Pliny the Younger. Erucius Clarus w ...

, consul in 146 AD, and

Urban Prefect The ''praefectus urbanus'', also called ''praefectus urbi'' or urban prefect in English, was prefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople. The office originated under the Roman kings, continued during the Republic and Empire, an ...

. He married Pomponia Triaria, daughter of the former consul Aulus Junius Rufinus. In 170 AD, Clarus was elected consul together with

Marcus Gavius Cornelius Cethegus Marcus Gavius Cornelius Cethegus was a Roman senator active during the middle of the second century AD. He was ordinary consul for 170 as the colleague of Gaius Erucius Clarus. Cethegus is best known for his behavior while travelling through Roma ...

. Later on, Clarus was appointed

Governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

of Syria Palestina.The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Ch.4, p.103 His son,

Gaius Julius Erucius Clarus Vibianus Gaius Julius Erucius Clarus Vibianus (died 197 CE) was a Roman Empire, Roman politician and Roman Senator, senator. He was ''Roman consul, consul ordinarius'' with Quintus Pompeius Sosius Falco in early 193, during the reign of Pertinax. Life Vibi ...

, served as consul in 193 AD.CIL 11, 619

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