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Metrobius (lived 1st century BC) was a Roman tragic actor of Greek birth, widely known in his time. He gave up the stages to acompany the former dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla in his voluntary exile in the year 80 BC. In the last address to the senate, Sulla acknowledged Metrobius as his life long lover. After Sulla's death, Metrobius disappears from the sources.

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Article about "Metrobius" in the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (114 words)
	Metrobius (lived 1st century BC) was a Roman tragic actor of Greek birth, widely known in his time.
	He gave up the stages to acompany the former dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla in his voluntary exile in the year 80 BC.
	In the last address to the senate, Sulla acknowledged Metrobius as his life long lover.

valeria messala - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (110 words)
	When he retired from public life to a villa in the southern Italy, she accompanied him, as well as his bisexual lover, a Greek actor named Metrobius.
	It was said that Valeria was impregnated by one of 4 men (none of which were Sulla, quite possibly Metrobius).
	After Sulla's death, Metrobius and Valeria Messala fled to Greece, fearful that Gaius Marius' former allies and Sulla's enemies would take out their wrath on his innocent lovers.

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