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en-wikipedia-org-556		Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2559	188	66	Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus (died 66 AD), Roman senator, who lived in the 1st century AD. In 57, Thrasea supported the cause of the Cilicians accusing their late governor, Cossutianus Capito, of extortion, and the prosecution succeeded apparently largely through his influence.[9] But Tacitus' first reference to him in the Annals relates to the following year, when he surprised both friends and enemies by speaking against a routine motion in the senate, a request by the Syracusans to exceed the statutory number of gladiators at their games.[10] The objections to this which Tacitus attributes to (anonymous) 'detractors' show, if accurate, that Thrasea already had a reputation for opposition to the status quo and for dedication to the ideal of senatorial freedom. ^ Tacitus (Annales 16.22) represents Capito's case against Thrasea as a private conversation with Nero, but the basis for this chapter was probably his speech in the senate.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-556.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-556.txt