Telesinus, C. Lucius
consul A. D. 66 with Suetonius Paulinus. He is praised by Philostratus as a philosopher, and was, in consequence of his love of philosophy, banished by Domitian. (Tac. Ann. 16.14; D. C. 63.1; Philostrat. Vit. Apoll. 4.40, 7.11, 8.12.)
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