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Gnaeus Acerronius Proculus

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Gnaeus Acerronius Proculus was a consul of the Roman Empire in 37 AD, with Gaius Petronius Pontius Nigrinus as his colleague; that was the year Tiberius died.[1][2]

Proculus is possibly a descendant of the Cn. Acerronius whom Cicero mentions in his oration for Tullius, Pro Tullio, from 71 BC, as a vir optimus. He may also have been the father of Acerronia Polla, a friend of Agrippina the Younger, whom the emperor Nero had murdered in AD 59.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Tacitus, Annals vi. 45
  2. ^ Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, "Tiberius", 73
  3. ^ Cicero, Pro Tullio 16, &c.
  4. ^ Smith, William (1867), "Cn. Acerronius Proculus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 7, archived from the original on 2012-12-02, retrieved 2007-09-23{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Cn. Acerronius Proculus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 7.

Political offices
Preceded byas Suffect consuls Consul of the Roman Empire
37
with Gaius Petronius Pontius Nigrinus
Succeeded by