"Domitius Afer of Nimes [...] held high offices under Tiberius and Caligula and Nero and had previously practiced in the forum, a better orator than a man, although even the reputation of a good orator abandoned him before his lifetime. (Wilhelm Siegmund Teuffel)"
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Gnaeus Domitius Afer
Gnaeus Domitius Afer (16 B.C.E. – C.E.59) was a Roman orator and advocate, born at Nemausus (Nîmes) in Gallia Narbonensis. He flourished in the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
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