Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus

Background

He prpbably flourished in the first century AD.

Career

In 52 he was consul suffectus, and (perhaps in 61) proconsul of Asia. The upright and considerate manner in which he treated the provincials won him their affection, but at the same time brought upon him the hatred of Nero, who felt specially aggrieved because Soranus had refused to punish a city which had defended the statues of its gods against the Imperial commissioners. Soranus was accused of intimacy with Rubellius Plautus (another object of Nero's hatred), and of endeavouring to obtain the goodwill of the provincials by treasonable intrigues. One of the chief witnesses against him was Egnatius Celer of Berytus, his client and former tutor. Soranus was condemned to death (in 65 or 66), and committed suicide.

Connections

Soranus is known to have one daughter, Marcia Servilia Sorana, better known as "Servilia"

Daughter:

Marcia Servilia Sorana

She was the daughter of Roman Senator Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus and her mother may have been from the gens Servilia.