Gaius Silius (lover of Messalina)

[1] He had married the aristocratic Junia Silana, and had been inducted into the Senate sometime shortly before 47.

During this year he demanded in the Senate the enforcement of the Lex Cincia, forbidding the acceptance of money or gifts in exchange for legal services, in an attempt to bring down his enemy, Publius Suillius Rufus, who was prosecuting many of Silius' clients.

[2] The Senate agreed with this proposal, but before a formal motion could be put before the people, those intended to be prosecuted under this law, including Suillius Rufus, had successfully appealed to Claudius to amend the law by establishing a maximum fee that could be charged.

[5][6] Narcissus exposed their mock marriage and the plot to kill Claudius.

His former wife, whom he divorced in 47, Junia Silana, was a friend of Agrippina the Younger and the two later became bitter rivals.