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Sextus Afranius Burrus (born AD 1 in Vasio, Gallia Narbonensis; died AD 62) was a prefect of the Praetorian Guard and was, together with Seneca the Younger, an advisor to the Roman emperor Nero, making him a very powerful man in the early years of Nero's reign. Agrippina the Younger chose him as Prefect in 51 to secure her son Nero's place as emperor after the death of Claudius. For the first eight years of Nero's rule, Burrus and Nero's former tutor Seneca helped maintain a stable government. Burrus acquiesced to Nero's murder of Agrippina the Younger but lost his influence over Nero anyway. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sextus Afranius Burrus is the 5,423rd most popular politician (down from 4,925th in 2019), the 1,555th most popular biography from France (down from 1,502nd in 2019) and the 376th most popular French Politician.

Sextus Afranius Burrus was a Roman senator and general who was appointed as the prefect of the Praetorian Guard by the emperor Claudius. He is most famous for being the prefect of the Praetorian Guard who was killed by the emperor Nero in 68 AD.

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Among politicians, Sextus Afranius Burrus ranks 5,423 out of 19,576. Before him are Rudolf Brandt, François Bozizé, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Nicolae Iorga, Emperor Heizei, and Gajah Mada. After him are Pavel Milyukov, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Giuseppe Saragat, Göran Persson, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, and Roberta Metsola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1, Sextus Afranius Burrus ranks 16. Before him are Thomas Bangalter, Silas, Vologases I of Parthia, Joanna, wife of Chuza, Onesimus, and Locusta. After him are Shimon bar Yochai, Nicanor the Deacon, Caesarius of Africa, Pallas, Marcia Furnilla, and Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus. Among people deceased in 62, Sextus Afranius Burrus ranks 5. Before him are James the Less, James, son of Alphaeus, Claudia Octavia, and Persius. After him are Porcius Festus, Pallas, and Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sextus Afranius Burrus ranks 1,555 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Paul Migne (1800), Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), Emmanuel Todd (1951), Yvette Guilbert (1865), Hugh Magnus (1007), and Paul Scarron (1610). After him are Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692), Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319), Aimé Jacquet (1941), Patrice Chéreau (1944), and Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Sextus Afranius Burrus ranks 376. Before him are Victor, Prince Napoléon (1862), Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712), Charles, Duke of Mayenne (1554), Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (1524), and Maria of Montpellier (1182). After him are Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692), Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609), Alain Juppé (1945), Joseph Avenol (1879), Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1464), and Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746).

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