Quintus Veranius

For the earlier Roman governor, see Quintus Veranius (governor of Cappadocia).

Quintus Veranius Nepos (died AD 57) was a distinguished general to whom the Greek philosopher Onasander dedicated his Strategikos, a book on military tactics. He was III vir monetalis, tribune of Legio IV Scythica and quaestor under Tiberius. He was appointed tribune of the plebs in 41 and praetor in 42. In 43, the Emperor Claudius constituted the new province of Lycia, and appointed Veranius as its governor. He governed the province until 48, and during this period put down the rebellion of Cylicia Tracheotide. He was consul in 49, and elevated to patrician status by Claudius.

He became governor of Britain in 57, replacing Aulus Didius Gallus. He reversed Didius's policy of maintaining existing borders and began military operations against the troublesome Silures in what is now Wales, but died within a year. In his will he flattered Nero and claimed that, had he had another two years, he would have conquered the whole of the island. He was replaced by Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, and the speed with which Suetonius took Wales suggests that Veranius had already done much of the work.

References

Primary sources

• Tacitus, Agricola 14; Annals 2:56, 2:74, 3:10, 3:13, 3:17, 3:19, 12:5,

Secondary sources

• William Smith (1870), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Vol 3 p. 1239
• Murray K Dahm (1997), The Career and Writings of Frontinus

Further reading

• A.E. Gordon. Quintus Veranius, Consul A.D. 49. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1952.

External links

• Quintus Veranius at Roman-Britain.org
• Lycia: People and Places at Encyclopedia of the Roman Provinces