Abudius Ruso

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Abudius Ruso was a former aedile and he served in Upper Germania as a legate in Gaius Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus' army during the reign of emperor Tiberius. [1] [2] Ruso attacked Lentulus for betrothing his daughter to the son of Praetorian prefect Sejanus, who had fallen out of favor three years earlier. It is unclear whether there was a formal charge against Lentulus; in any case, he was not convicted, but Ruso was banished from Rome. [2] [3] [4]

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