Sometime between 37 and 38 AD, when he was nearing his thirtieth year, he married Flavia Domitilla, the daughter of Flavius Liberalis, a quaestor's clerk from Ferentium in Italy.
Rather Rome was a republic throughout these centuries, one primarily ruled by the Senate and a number of magistrates such as the consuls, aediles, praetors and quaestors who were elected for set terms.