Lucius Corellius Neratius Pansa was a

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, who was active during the reign of

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. He was ordinary consul in AD 122 as the colleague of Manius Acilius Aviola. Other than holding the office of consul, Pansa is only known for being the subject of a letter of

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. Pansa was a member of the gens Neratia, which could boast of consuls before Pansa.

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has argued that he was the son of

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, consul in 95 and again in 129, and his first wife Corellia Hispulla, the daughter of

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, suffect consul in 78. An alimentary table dated to 101 listing estates near Beneventum (modern

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) records land owned by one Neratius Corellius and Nertarius Marcellus in close connection, further strengthening Syme's argument. In the letter Pliny wrote to Hispulla, he remarks how Pansa will grow up to be like his grandfather in fame and character, then states that the time has come now to send the boy off to school and recommends one Julius Genitor to teach him

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.Pliny, ''Epistulae'', III.3

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