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Quintus Naevius Cordus Sutorius Macro (21 BC - 38 AD), often abbreviated Naevius Sutorius Macro, or simply Macro, was a prefect
Praetorian prefect

Praetorian prefect was the constant title of a high office in the Roman Empire state that changed fundamentally in nature.The praetorian prefect was commander of the Praetorian Guard until Constantine I abolished the guard in 314....
 of the Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 imperial bodyguard, known as the Praetorian Guard
Praetorian Guard

The Praetorian Guard was a special force of guards used by Roman empire List of Roman Emperorss. Before being appropriated for the use of the Emperors' personal guards, the title was used for the guards of Roman generals, at least since the rise to prominence of the Scipio family around 275 BC....
, from 31 until his death in 38. Macro succeeded to the office upon the arrest and execution of his predecessor Lucius Aelius Sejanus
Sejanus

Lucius Aelius Seianus , commonly known as Sejanus, was an ambitious soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. An Equestrian by birth, Sejanus rose to power as Praetorian Prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard, known as the Praetorian Guard, of which he was commander from 14 AD until his death in 31....
, by appointment of emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
 Tiberius
Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
. According to ancient sources, he was active in discrediting Sejanus and directed the subsequent purge against his family and followers.

It is believed that Macro helped secure the accession of emperor Caligula
Caligula

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
 upon the death of Tiberius in 37.






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Quintus Naevius Cordus Sutorius Macro (21 BC - 38 AD), often abbreviated Naevius Sutorius Macro, or simply Macro, was a prefect
Praetorian prefect

Praetorian prefect was the constant title of a high office in the Roman Empire state that changed fundamentally in nature.The praetorian prefect was commander of the Praetorian Guard until Constantine I abolished the guard in 314....
 of the Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 imperial bodyguard, known as the Praetorian Guard
Praetorian Guard

The Praetorian Guard was a special force of guards used by Roman empire List of Roman Emperorss. Before being appropriated for the use of the Emperors' personal guards, the title was used for the guards of Roman generals, at least since the rise to prominence of the Scipio family around 275 BC....
, from 31 until his death in 38. Macro succeeded to the office upon the arrest and execution of his predecessor Lucius Aelius Sejanus
Sejanus

Lucius Aelius Seianus , commonly known as Sejanus, was an ambitious soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. An Equestrian by birth, Sejanus rose to power as Praetorian Prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard, known as the Praetorian Guard, of which he was commander from 14 AD until his death in 31....
, by appointment of emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
 Tiberius
Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
. According to ancient sources, he was active in discrediting Sejanus and directed the subsequent purge against his family and followers.

It is believed that Macro helped secure the accession of emperor Caligula
Caligula

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
 upon the death of Tiberius in 37. Not long after however, he fell out of favour and committed suicide along with his wife Ennia in 38.

Early life

Macro was born in 21 BC at Alba Fucens
Alba Fucens

Alba Fucens was an ancient Italic people town occupying a lofty situation at the foot of the Monte Velino, c. 6.5 km north of Avezzano, Abruzzo, central Italy....
, a Roman town at the foot of Monte Velino, situated on a hill just to the north of the Via Valeria
Via Valeria

The Via Valeria was an ancient Roman road of Italy, the continuation north-eastwards of the Via Tiburtina. It probably owed its origin to Marcus Valerius Messalla, Censor in 154 BC....
. Inscriptional evidence from the ruins of this town reveals that, prior to becoming Praetorian prefect, Macro had served as prefect of the vigiles
Vigiles

The Vigiles or more properly the Vigiles Urbani or Cohortes Vigilum were the firefighters and police of Ancient Rome....
, the Roman fire brigade
Firefighter

Firefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous fires that threaten civilian populations and property, to rescue people from car accidents, collapsed and burning buildings and other such situations....
 and night watch. However the date of this appointment and the length of his tenure are unknown.

Praetorian prefect


Reign of Tiberius

It has been claimed that Macro killed the aged and ill Tiberius
Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
 to ensure Caligula's succession. During the later years of Tiberius's reign Macro appears to have wielded considerable influence in his household, and thought to further his ambitions by befriending the young prince Gaius Caligula. Suetonius
Lives of the Twelve Caesars

De vita Caesarum commonly known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 Roman Emperor of the Roman Empire written by Suetonius....
 states that he gained further favor by turning a blind eye to his wife Eunia
Eunia

Eunia sometimes known as Ennia, according to Suetonius she is known as Ennia Naeva was a Greek woman from the Roman Empire, who lived in the 1st century....
's affair with Caligula around 34.

Reign of Caligula

Upon Caligula's accession to the throne in 37, he was confident of rapid promotion for past services, but Caligula was aware of the potential threat Macro posed to him. According to some sources he was promised the governorship of Egypt and upon arriving at Ostia with Ennia to take ship, was instead arrested and stripped of his office in 38. Both committed suicide soon after. He was replaced as Guard Prefect by Marcus Arrecinus Clemens and Lucius Arruntius Stella.

Macro in fiction

Macro was played by John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies is an England-born Welsh people actor and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones franchise and the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, in which he also voiced the ent, Treebeard....
 in the 1976 BBC TV adaptation
I, Claudius (TV series)

I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves's I, Claudius. Written by Jack Pulman, it proved one of the corporation's most successful drama serials of all time....
 of Robert Graves
Robert Graves

Robert Ranke Graves was an England poet, translator and novelist. During his long life, he produced more than 140 works. He was the son of the Anglo-Irish writer Alfred Perceval Graves and Amalie von Ranke, a niece of the famous German historian Leopold von Ranke....
's book I, Claudius and by Guido Mannari in Caligula
Caligula (film)

Caligula is a 1979 in film film directed by Tinto Brass, with additional scenes filmed by Giancarlo Lui and Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione....
.