"If so, then this may indicate that Sestius had an aversion to public life, one of the characteristics of an Epicurean.This aversion to public life would make him a safe choice to serve as a consul; the following year Lucius Licinius Varro Murena, brother of Aulus Terentius Varro Murena, who was selected to be consul in 23 BC, but at the last moment replaced by Calpurnius Piso, was accused of conspiring against Augustus and murdered during his arrest.