In return for his faithful service, Clemens was promoted to other important positions, including being twice consul and urban prefect of Rome.
Arrecinus Clemens was born into an equestrian family from Pisaurum,[1] being the homonymous son of Emperor Gaius' Praetorian Prefect.
Despite being a member of the Senate, he was placed at the head of the Praetorian Guard in 70 by Vespasian's political ally, Gaius Licinius Mucianus, amidst concerns that the current commander, Arrius Varus, was growing too politically influential.
The next day the "rascally fellow" was revealed to be a delator or informer who had brought charges on Clemens; the former Urban Prefect was found guilty and executed.
[6] However, Gavin Townend notes an inscription from Rudiae, in the extreme heel of Italy, on which one M. Arrecinus Clemens is commemorated by his wife Cornelia Ocel[lina],[7] suggesting that Suetonius was in error and that Clemens was instead banished and died in exile.