This gentleman was known for his sycophantic
behavior toward the Emperors. He was the adoptive
father of Sextus Papinius, and as such he betrayed
the Republican conspiracy of Sextus Papinius and
Betillenus Bassus against the Emperor Gaius (c.40).
For this treason, he was honored by the Emperor.
In AD 65 he was nominated as the consul-designate
and was noted for suggesting that the Senate build a
temple in honor of the Emperor Nero. However, for a
reason I have yet to discover, Nero had him killed
the next year. If he ever became consul, it was only
very breifly.
Although this gentleman was hardly an ancestor
worthy of emulation, the later Anicii did claim to be
descended from him as a means of attesting to their
antiquity.
