07-03-2009, 11:43 PM
Quote:He removed from office Septicius Clarus, the prefect of the guard, and Suetonius Tranquillus, the imperial secretary, and many others besides, because without his consent they had been conducting themselves toward his wife, Sabina, in a more informal fashion than the etiquette of the court demanded.= SHA, Hadrian, 11.3. From the context, one gets the impression that it had less to do with Clarus or Suetonius than with Sabina - Hadrian wanted to punish her by sending her personal friends away.
