Me'ttius Pomposia'nus
a senator in Vespasian's reign, whom the emperor raised to the consulate, although Mettius was reported to have a royal nativity. Domitian afterwards banished and put him to death. (Suet.
Vesp. 14,
Dom. 10, 20 ;
D. C. 67.12; Victor,
Ep. 9.)
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