Titus Vestricius Spurinna (c. 24 – after 105 AD[1]) was a Roman senator, consul, and a friend and role model[2] of Pliny the Younger.
When he tried to keep this force inside the city, the troops threatened to mutiny; as a wily move, Spurinna agreed to their demands.
When the soldiers started having second thoughts, their officers seized the opportunity to praise "Spurinna's foresight in selecting Placentia as a strongpoint."
The men acquiesced and marched back to Placentia where they enthusiastically set to work on improving the city's fortifications.
They had at least one son, who died around 97 or 98 AD before he had begun a political career, which typically began at the age of thirty.