Gnaeus Domitius Tullus
[3] The historian has proposed that Tullus and his brother Lucanus were adopted by a relative named Marcus Epidius Titius Marcellus.[4] Pliny the Younger explains that their father had been prosecuted by the orator Gnaeus Domitius Afer and was successful in stripping the elder Tullus of his citizenship and wealth; however, Afer then made both Tullus and his brother Gnaeus Domitius Lucanus his testamentary heirs, leaving them his fortune on the condition they took his family name as theirs.Lucanus then proceeded through the ranks of republican magistracies, first as quaestor assisting an unnamed emperor (likely Nero whose name was commonly omitted from inscriptions due to damnatio memoriae), then as plebeian tribune and praetor, after which he and his brother were appointed legatus legionis, or commander, of Legio III Augusta, a posting that included governing the province of Numidia, from the year 70 to 73; Werner Eck suggests Lucanus handled the civilian responsibilities while Tullus commanded the legion.At first look, it would appear that they were rewarded for their support during the Year of Four Emperors, but after examining the evidence George W. Houston concluded that his "adlection may be interpreted primarily as a response to an emergency: the need for a praetorius vir to replace Sex."[8] Following his adlectio, Tullus served as prefect over a vexillation of soldiers who campaigned against German tribes, and for his success he received the dona militaria, or military award, appropriate to his rank.