Publius Petronius Turpilianus was a Roman senator who held a number of offices in the middle of the 1st century AD, most notably governor of Britain. He was an ordinary consul in the year 61 with Lucius Junius Caesennius Paetus as his colleague. He was the (adopted?) son of Publius Petronius and Plautia, sister of Aulus Plautius who was the conqueror and first governor of Britain. Life He was consul in 61, but in the second half of that year he laid down that office and was appointed governor of Roman Britain, replacing Gaius Suetonius Paulinus who had been removed from office in the wake of the rebellion of Boudica. In contrast to Suetonius's punitive measures, Petronius took a conciliatory approach, and conducted few military operations. In 63 he was replaced by Marcus Trebellius Maximus, and was appointed curator aquarum (superintendent of aqueducts) in Rome. In 65 he was given a triumph, apparently for his loyalty to the emperor Nero. Following Nero's death in 68, Servius Sulpicius Galba, governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, was named Emperor by the Senate. During his march from Spain to Rome, Galba had Petronius summarily executed (or ordered him to take his own life) as a commander appointed by Nero. References Primary sources Tacitus, Agricola 16; Annals 14:29, 14:39, 15:72; Histories 1:6, 1:37 Plutarch, Life of Galba 15 Frontinus, On the Water Supply of Rome 102 Secondary sources William Smith (ed) (1870), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Vol 3 p. 1192 Kevin K Carroll (1979), "The Date of Boudicca's Revolt", Britannia 10, pp. 197-202 Anthony R Birley (1981), The Fasti of Roman Britain'' Footnotes 68 deaths 1st-century Romans Imperial Roman consuls Roman governors of Britain Roman consuls designate Ancient Roman generals Ancient Romans in Britain People of the Year of the Four Emperors Executed ancient Roman people People executed by the Roman Empire 1st-century executions Petronii Year of birth unknown