Aulus Platorius Nepos was a Roman

Roman Empire

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 politician of the early 2nd century.

Platorius Nepos was governor

Roman governors of Germania Inferior

This is a list of Roman governors of Germania Inferior . Capital and largest city of Germania Inferior was Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium , modern-day Cologne....

 of Germania Inferior

Germania Inferior

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. He was a close friend and possible kinsman of the Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian

Hadrian , was Roman Emperor from 117 to 138. He is best known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Roman Britain. In Rome, he re-built the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma. In addition to being emperor, Hadrian was a humanist and was philhellene in...

 and may have accompanied Hadrian on his visit to Britain in 122. In this year he was made governor of Roman Britain

Roman Britain

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 and oversaw the construction of Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall was a defensive fortification in Roman Britain. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was the first of two fortifications built across Great Britain, the second being the Antonine Wall, lesser known of the two because its physical remains are less evident today.The...

. He probably brought VI Victrix

Legio VI Victrix

Legio sexta Victrix was a Roman legion founded by Octavian in 41 BC. It was the twin legion of VI Ferrata and perhaps held veterans of that legion, and some soldiers kept to the traditions of the Caesarian legion....

 with him from the continent to assist in the construction and perhaps to replace IX Hispana

Legio IX Hispana

Legio Nona Hispana was a Roman legion, which operated from the first century BCE until mid 2nd century CE. The Spanish Legion's disappearance has raised speculations over its fate, largely of its alleged destruction in Scotland in about 117 CE, though some scholars believe it was destroyed in the...

 which had left around 108.

Nepos' huge expenditure on the frontier work however caused him to fall from Hadrian's favour. He was replaced around 125.