Sejanus
Sejanus (Lucius Aelius Seianus), d. AD 31,of Volsinii (mod. Bolsena) in Etruria. Sejanus' father was an eques (see equites), Lucius Seius Strabo, his mother the sister of Quintus Iunius Blaesus, suffect consul (see consul) AD 10, and connected with Aelii Tuberones and Cassii Longini. Sejanus, who had attended Augustus' grandson Gaius Caesar in the east, was made Strabo's colleague as prefect of the guard by Tiberius in AD 14, and soon, on his father's appointment as prefect of Egypt, became sole commander; by 23 he had concentrated the guard in barracks near the porta Viminalis. After the death of Tiberius' son Drusus in 23 his influence was paramount; a succession of prosecutions eliminated opponents (chiefly adherents of the elder Agrippina). Tiberius allegedly refused to allow a marriage with Drusus' widow Livia Iulia (25), but retired from Rome in 26, further...
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