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Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus
Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus was a Roman senator, consul in 9 CE, who governed Moesia for about twenty-four years under Augustus and Tiberius, also holding Macedonia and Achaea. In 26 CE he crushed a revolt of Thracian mountain tribes against conscription into the Roman army, as described by Tacitus, and received triumphal honours. He was the grandfather of Poppaea Sabina, wife of Nero.
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