lateranus

Updated: August 16, 2026

With the election of the first non-patrician consul the choice fell on one of the authors of this reform, the late tribune of the people, Lucius Sextius Lateranus the clan-aristocracy ceased both in fact and in law to be numbered among the political institutions of Rome.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

Another of the conspirators was a certain Roman nobleman, whose family name has since become very widely known in all parts of the civilized world, through an estate in the city with which it was associated, which estate, and certain buildings erected upon it, became subsequently greatly celebrated in the ecclesiastical history of Rome. The name of this nobleman was Plautius Lateranus.

Jacob Abbott - Nero: Makers of History Series