Sextus Afranius Burrus, Pretorian Prefect, was Nero's tutor and later advisor. He was chosen by Agrippina the Younger as Prefect in order to secure her son Nero's place as Emperor after the death of Claudius. For the first eight years of Nero's rule of the Roman Empire, he and Seneca the Younger helped maintain a stable government. He acquiesced to Nero's murder of Agrippina the Younger, but he lost his influence over Nero anyway. Died in 62, some say of poison. Burrus was born in Gallia Narbonensis. Jump to: navigation, search Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (December 15, 37–June 9, 68), born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called (50–54) Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ... Jump to: navigation, search Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger) (ca. ... Jump to: navigation, search Julia Vipsania Agrippina Minor or Agrippina Minor (Latin for the younger) (November 6, AD 15 or 16 – March 59), often called Agrippinilla to distinguish her from her mother, was the daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina Major. ... Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s - 60s - 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Years: 57 58 59 60 61 - 62 - 63 64 65 66 67 Events A great earthquake damages cities in Calabria including Pompeii. ...

The Roman cognomen "Burrus" is the Latin version of the name Pyrrhus, the Greek King whose costly victory over the Romans gives us the term "pyrrhic victory." Jump to: navigation, search Pyrrhus (318 BC - 272 BC) (Greek: Πυρρος - the color of fire, red-blonde, Latin Pyrrhus) - the Molossian king from ca. ...

Burrus has been quoted as saying to the young Emperor Nero, "When once I have spoken, do not ask me again."