Talk:Apicata
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Apicata's status[edit]
There's an inconsistency between this page and Sejanus's page. Apicata's page asserts: "Apicata was the estranged wife of Sejanus, freedman and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, r. 14-37 AD. While it is certain that Sejanus was a freedman, the status of Apicata is only speculative. The name is probably Greek word ἀπεοικώς, meaning 'unfit' or 'unreasonable.'[1] Freedpeople kept their slave names as their cognomen. [2] In Roman Italy, Greek names, especially those with derogatory connotations, generally indicate former-slave status, even without other indications of status. Given that Sejanus was himself a freedman, it is reasonable to believe that Apicata was as well."
Sejanus' page implies that he was born into the equestrian order.
Are there any citations for the claim that Sejanus was a freedman?
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