Yes - whatever we may think of the killing of young children, given the mindset of the ancient ruling classes, leaving political opponents' children alive was only to invite later troubles. BookTwoLXXXI He treated Augustus after the Cantabrian Campaign, possibly for typhoid fever for which cold fomentations are a rational treatment, rather than liver abscess. Many believe that Augustus forced the succession of the Empire onto Tiberius, and that he hated him for it. Aelia Paetina married Claudius in 28AD, as his second wife. [45] Upon learning of his death, Apicata committed suicide on October 26, after addressing a letter to Tiberius which claimed that Drusus had been poisoned with the complicity of Livilla. Aetolia is is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania. BookEightIII Caenis was a former slave and secretary of hers. BookTwoXCII Augustus exchanged the island for that of Capri, with Naples, in 6AD. BookOneV Supported by Lucius Cornelius Cinna. Cleopatra and Antonius children probably weren't consider Romans and as such they could be spared, it's also importand to remember that the civil war against Antonius was allways presented as a war against Egypt and Cleopatra and it's may be another factor in Octavian decision to spare some of Antonius children. Lucius Aelius Sejanus (c. 20 BC - 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (), was a Roman soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius.Of the Equites class by birth, Sejanus rose to power as prefect of the Praetorian Guard (the Roman imperial bodyguard), of which he was commander from AD 14 until his execution for treason in AD 31. [85][86] Later in the century Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, was the target of the four-page political pamphlet Sejanus, or The popular favourite, now in his solitude, and sufferings, signed with the pseudonym Timothy Tory (1681). Having more weapons doesn't give you that right. When Agamemnon returned, Aegisthus treacherously murdered him. Aeneas, the mythological Trojan hero, was the son of the mortal Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite. Some hold that Sejanus seduced Livilla (sister of Germanicus and wife of Drusus II) and plotted with her to kill Drusus II. Atalanta, was a huntress in Greek mythology who joined Meleager and other heroes in the Calydonian Boar Hunt. The same teenage boy also straight-out assaulted David Cain right after laying eyes on his daughter Cassandra. He became tutor to Claudius. [38] Agrippina and two of her sons, Nero and Drusus were arrested and exiled in AD 30, and later starved to death in suspicious circumstances. BookOneLXXIV She offered evidence at the trial of Publius Clodius. Ascletarion was an astrologer who foretold Domitians fate. BookOneLVI Considered Caesars memoirs inaccurate. He would later however be adopted into the Plebian Aelia gens. BookFiveXI Claudius made By Augustus his most sacred oath. The second daughter and fourth child of Agrippa and Julia the Elder, Agrippina married her second maternal cousin Germanicus between 5 and 1BC. He served as Prefect of the Praetorian Guard under Vespasian, from 70AD until 71AD. BookSevenV She made advances to Galba after the death of Domitius. Corrections? Sejanus wants to poison Drusus and conspires with Livia (wife of Drusus Senior, daughter-in-law of Tiberius), whom he wants to marry. BookTwoXVII Octavian (Augustus) achieved victory there. It now stands in front of Saint Peters. b. BookTwoLIX His statue in Rome. Their only son was named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, after Domitiuss recently deceased father. They included Jean de Magnon's rhyming tragedy, Sejanus (1647) and Henri van der Zande's De dood van Elius Sejanus of Spiegel voor der vorsten gunstelingen (The death of Sejanus, a mirror for the favourites of princes, Amsterdam 1716). However, she was a virgin, and as such couldn't be legally executed, so she was raped with the rope around her neck and then strangled." BookFourXV Caligula included her and her sisters in the wording of formal oaths. One of Caesars legates during the Gallic Wars, massacred with Titurius Cotta and their troops. [47], Further details concerning Sejanus' fall are provided by Cassius Dio, writing nearly 200 years later in his Roman History. Sejanus was born in 20 BC in Volsinii, Etruria as the son of Lucius Seius Strabo (46 BC-16 AD). BookOneVI He founded Caesars paternal aunts maternal line, the Marcii Reges. Sejanus Lucius Aelius Seianus (20 .Hr. [34] Guarded by the Praetorians, Sejanus easily controlled all information that passed between Tiberius and the capital. Lucius Aelius Seianus (20 p. She was raised by her relative the Praetorian Guard Prefect, Lucius Seius Strabo, her adoptive brother being Lucius Aelius Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard under Tiberius. "You've no right to starve people, to punish them for no reason. The author BookFiveXXVI Her betrothal to Claudius was broken off c. 8AD. Find out more on my blog here at UNRV. In 20, Julia married her cousin Nero Caesar (the son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder). Tiberius made his last journey from his villa on Capri with the intention of dedicating the temple. Tiberius alleged that Asinius had committed adultery with Agrippina the Elder, and had his name erased from all public monuments. BookFourXXIII Caligula claimed he was the product of her incest with her father Augustus. Lepidus served as a Roman Senator, and was executed by Octavian (Augustus), as a leader in a conspiracy against him. His last campaign initiated the conquest of the upper Danube region, which would become the Roman province of Pannonia in 13BC. BookFiveXXVI BookFiveXXIX BookFiveXXXIX The fourth wife of Claudius. The year of the reorganization of the Praetorians ac-cording to Dio (7), was 20, and the same year Sejanus' daughter, Junilla, was promised to . [23] At the time the girl was only 4 years old but the marriage was nonetheless prevented when the boy accidentally died a few days later of asphyxiation. He was consul for a second time in 42BC. Tacitus portrays Sejanus as one of the most infamous and sinister characters in all of Roman history. Upon his adoption as the emperors son in 4AD, with Tiberius to guarantee the line of succession, he became Marcus Julius Caesar Vipsanianus Agrippa Postumus. He was later consul in 62. [5], Sejanus was later adopted into the Aelia gens, possibly by Gaius Aelius Gallus the prefect, or Sextus Aelius Catus his half-brother's half-brother, and by Roman custom became known as Lucius Aelius Seianus or simply as Seianus. BookSevenIV Associated with an omen of Galbas accession to power. Pollio was most famously a patron of Virgil and a friend of Horace and had poems dedicated to him by both men. Sejanus Quotes. This virtually ensured BookThreeXLVI His generosity compared with Tiberius. BookSixIX Nero founded a new colony there, relocating the wealthiest of the leading centurions, and building a harbour. He fought and almost completely subdued the tribes in 56BC, though rebellions ensued up to 27BC - 28BC, Agrippa gaining a great victory over the Gauls of Aquitania in 38BC. BookFourXXVI Grandfather of Ptolemy of Mauretania. BookOneLXXVII He relays some of Caesars more arrogant statements. He also executed Antyllus - Antony's eldest son by Fulvia, although he would have been of age at the time. Does this make any since? According to ancient historians, because there was no precedent for the capital punishment of a virgin, Junilla was raped before her execution, with the rope around her neck. BookOneXI BookFiveXVI Their rejection of Ptolemy XII, since Ptolemy XI had willed the country to Rome. And so the death of the elderly Augustus has brought I, Lucius Aelius Seianus, to the esteemed position of Praetorian Prefect as a colleague to my father Lucius Aelius Strabo. BookFiveXLI She warned the young Claudius over the sensitivity of the work on history he was writing. In Tom Holla Continue Reading 21 1 Sponsored by Trust Inform His Libri ad Edictum embraced a commentary, not only on the edicts of the praetors, but also on that of the curule aediles. We use cookies for essential site functions and for social media integration. BookFourVIII The birthplace of Caligula according to Suetonius. Agermus, or Agerinus, was a freedman of Agrippina the Younger. [29] Following his death, his wife Agrippina the Elder returned to Rome with their six children and became increasingly involved with a group of senators who opposed the growing power of Sejanus. His Germanic allies were prevented from joining him by a sudden thaw of the river Rhine, and the revolt was quickly put down by Domitians general Trajan, who afterwards burned Saturninus letters in an attempt to avoid implicating others. Possibly the character was a byword for stinginess. He was responsible for many of his military victories, most notably Actium against the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Tiberius was well aware of his vulnerability as emperor, that at any moment an envious rival might attempt to push him aside, and that in roman societies family bonds were very strong. Some hold that Sejanus seduced Livilla (sister of Germanicus and wife of . [27], Germanicus had died in AD 19, in somewhat suspicious circumstances in Syria. He died in prison in 33AD, of starvation. BookEightII Vespasian was born five years before Augustuss death. Paulus joined Marcus Junius Brutus and after Brutus suicide in 42BC, was pardoned, living out his remaining years at Miletus. It's cold and it's brutal, but it is, alas, expedient. As early as 20, Sejanus had sought to solidify his connection with the imperial family by betrothing his daughter Junilla to the son of Claudius, Claudius Drusus. Excavation of the Serapeum at Memphis has revealed the tombs of over sixty sacred bulls, the animals dating from the time of Amenophis III. Sejanus was born around 20 BC at Volsinii, Etruria, into the Seii, the family of Lucius Seius Strabo. BookThreeLXVIII His comments on Tiberiuss mannerisms. The Senate and the populace rejoiced as his body was dragged through the streets, and a long reign of terror ensued against his adherents. Brutus sided with Pompey despite the fact that Pompey had had Brutus Snr killed. S1, Ep1. He was the uncle to Julius Caesar through Caesars mother, Aurelia Cotta. Start studying Julio-Claudians. Appuleius, Sextus, was related to Augustus, and a consul in the year of Augustus death. BookFourXLVI BookFiveXX The Pharos was a tower built between 280BC and 247BC on the island of Pharos at Alexandria, to guide sailors into the harbour at night. Caligula later retrieved her ashes and honoured her in Rome. Subsequently he was accused by the Emperor Tiberius, of endeavouring to stir up revolution, and died in confinement in Rome. Posthumous The youngest son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (daughter and only biological child of Augustus), Posthumous Agrippa was even considered to be the heir of Emperor Augustus, but in 6 AD, instead, he banished him from Romefor unknown reasons. [96] The first of these was Miles Gerald Keon's Dion and the Sibyls: A Classic Christian Novel (London, 1866);[97] later examples include Paul L. Maier's Pontius Pilate (Grand Rapids MI 1968)[98] and Chris Seepe's The Conspiracy to Assassinate Jesus Christ (Toronto 2012). c. 25BC, Antonia married Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16BC). BookThreeLVIII Tiberiuss abuse of the law of lese-majesty regarding Augustus. He held two suffect consulships, in 73AD and 85AD, respectively, governing the province of Hispania Tarraconensis in between, and was made city prefect of Rome in 86AD. Young Tiberius,c. By AD 23, Sejanus was a power in the city. [15] By this time he had been raised to the rank of praetor, a position which was not normally granted to Romans of the equestrian class. Aequiculi, Aequicoli, or the Aequi, were an ancient people of northeast Latium and the central Appennines of Italy who were defeated by the Romans, after which substantial colonies were established. The roughly trapezoidal island lies about 30 km from Naples. In AD 29 Sejanus orchestrated the trial of Germanicus' widow, Agrippina the Elder, and her sons Drusus and Nero, on a charge . In 23BC, when Augustus was seriously ill, Musa cured the illness with cold baths, drinks and compresses, but reputedly failed to save Marcellus in his illness. Aemilius Lepidus, Marcus (120BC 77BC), was the father of the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and of the consul of 50 BC Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paulus. Born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, he was adopted posthumously by his great-uncle Gaius Julius Caesar in 44BC, and between then and 31BC was officially named Gaius Julius Caesar. Aquilius Niger, a historian used as a source by Suetonius. Aborigines, a term used here for the indigenous population of Latium. BookThreeXLVIII Tiberius doubled the legacies left to the army in Augustus will. Sallust describes them as uncultured, other sources disagree, however, and describe a monarchical organized community. Antonius, Marcus (Antyllus) (47BC - 30BC) or Marcus Antonius the Younger, also known as Antonius or Antyllus, was the son of Mark Antony by Fulvia. BookFiveXXV He had prohibited Romans in Gaul from participating in Druidic rites. BookTwoXVII Augustus met with a storm at sea between there and the Peloponnese in 30BC. [65] Henceforth the Guard was at the disposal of the emperors, and the rulers were equally at the mercy of the Praetorians. He may be the same as the Lucius Aemilius Papus, decemvir sacrorum, who died in 171BC. The god could ambivalently bring death or healing. As early as AD 20, Sejanus had sought to strengthen his ties to the imperial family by betrothing his daughter Junilla to the son of Claudius, Claudius Drusus. Username/Email * Password * BookTwoXXXV He assisted Augustus in pruning the Senate. BookOneLXIV An incident during Caesars campaign there. It was published in the First Folio in 1623. He may also have been the son of the consul of the same name of 225BC. In 54 AD, elderly and lame from birth Emperor Claudius is writing his biography and the history of his family. Asinius Marcellus, Marcus was consul in 54AD. BookFourLII Caligula wore his breastplate taken from the sarcophagus at Alexandria. His comedies described Roman scenes and manners (the genre called comoediae togatae) and the subjects were mostly taken from the life of the lower classes (comoediae tabernariae). BookThreeLXX Tiberius made a filial sacrifice in his memory. [83], Following Buckingham's death in 1628, when it was safer to do so, a translation of a history by Pierre Matthieu was published under the title, The Powerful Favourite, the life of Aelius Sejanus. Seneca tells us that her father most likely incurred Sejanus' displeasure for criticising him because he had commissioned a statue of himself. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. As early as AD 20, Sejanus had sought to strengthen his ties to the imperial family by betrothing his daughter Junilla to the son of Claudius, Claudius Drusus. BookOneLXXXII Prevented Caesars assassins carrying out their plans after the assassination. During Neros reign he was banished from Rome after a forgery charge. [53], That same evening the Senate convened at the Temple of Concord and summarily condemned Sejanus to death. By AD 23 the enmity between the two men had reached a critical point. Their bodies were likewise thrown down the Gemonian stairs. BookOneIV Caesar decided to study rhetoric with him. His childhood nickname was Becco. BookTwoXXXI Lepidus held the office of Pontifex Maximus, the Chief Priesthood, from 44BC to his death. He recalls an encounter with the Sibyl, who recognizes him from his stutter and tells him that his account will be famous in 1900 years time. At the time the girl was only 4 years old but the marriage was prevented, when the boy accidentally died a few days later of asphyxiation. He interceded on behalf of the young Julius Caesar. Agrippina was married to . spittle, February 2, 2008 in Imperium Romanorum. Their only child was their daughter Claudia Antonia, born in 30AD. It was the capital therefore of the Ptolemaic Empire of Egypt. Aurelius Cotta, Gaius (c. 124BC - 73BC) was a Roman statesman and orator. Secondly he married Claudia Marcella Minor, daughter of Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor and Octavia Minor, without issue. 8.3 (411) Rate. BookSixL She helped to deposit Neros ashes in the family tomb. [87] The story of Sejanus, with reference to the Earl's imprisonment in the Tower on a charge of treason, is interpreted as an argument for absolute monarchy, direct rule without the intermediary of politicians. Alcmaeon in Greek mythology was the son of Amphiaraus. BookFourXXXVIII Caligula knocked down an auction lot to him while he was asleep. Sejanus was born in 20 BC at Volsinii, Etruria, into the rank of Lucius Seius Strabo.The Seii were Romans of the equestrian class or knights, the lower of the two upper social classes of the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire.Sejanus' grandfather keeps relations with senatorial families through his marriage with Terentia, a sister of the wife of Gaius Maecenas, who was one of Emperor . [13] A statue had been erected in his honor in the Theatre of Pompey,[19] and in the Senate, his followers were advanced with public offices and governorships. For a time the most influential and feared citizen of Rome, He fell from power in 31AD, the year of his consulship. Albanum, the modern Albano Laziale, is in the Alban Hills, in Latium. [7] With her as an accomplice, Drusus was slowly poisoned and died of seemingly natural causes on September 13, AD 23. [76] Velleius Paterculus was an historian and contemporary of Sejanus, whose two-volume The Roman History details a history of Rome from the fall of Troy until the death of Livia Augusta in AD 29. Of the Equites class by birth, Sejanus rose to power as prefect of the Praetorian Guard (the Roman imperial bodyguard), of which he was commander from AD 14 until his execution for treason in AD 31. Paulus himself was executed as a conspirator in a revolt at some point between 1AD and 14AD, and may have been involved in earlier conspiracies. [48] He stepped down as consul, forcing Sejanus to do the same[49] and conferred an honorary priesthood upon Caligula, rekindling popular support for the house of Germanicus. According to Tacitus, her death in AD 29 changed all that. Pliny estimated the vessels size at a thousand metric tons or so. Some time after 6AD, for reasons unknown but possibly conspiracy, Augustus banished Postumus to the small island of Planasia. He twice visited Rome as an ambassador from Rhodes, and Marcus Tullius Cicero (who visited him during his trip to Greece in 79BC - 77BC) and Gaius Julius Caesar both took lessons from him. He was the son of Marcius and Pompilia, the daughter of Numa Pompilius the second king. Aforementioned Nero engaged to Tiberius' son Drusus' daughter Julia - widely celebrated; Claudius' son Drusus engaged to Sejanus' daughter Junilla; Widely condemned. History. Aelius Catus : both alliances were evidence of 1 iberius' appreciation of Sejanus. The town was formally established as a colony for veterans of the Roman legion Legio VI Ferrata. Axius, Quintus, a wealthy friend of Cicero and Varro. Amazons were a nation of all-female warriors in Classical mythology. Actius, was a comic actor whose freedom was purchased by Tiberius. [19] We also know from this source that Cordus starved himself to death. BookFourXXI Caligula planned to restore the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, the modern Didim, Turkey. They had at least six sons. BookFiveXLIV Agrippina was accused of poisoning Claudius. There's one particularly sad story of the daughter of Sejanus, who was the right-hand man of Tiberius and was responsible for a bunch of executions. She married a praetor, Gaius Julius Caesar III, the father of the dictator. BookTwoLXVI BookThreeX In 23BC, a year of constitutional crisis, Augustus fell ill and presented his signet ring to Agrippa, who seemed thus to be designated the emperors successor. BookFourXXXVI Accused of incest with her brother Caligula. According to Anthony Everitt's Augustus Antyllus and Caesarion were killed because their parents had them perform their coming of age ceremonies. On the approach of Octavian, he retired to Perusia in Etruria, where he was besieged by three armies, and compelled to surrender (40BC). She had a brother, Marcus Arrecinus Clemens, who also served as Praetorian Prefect in 70AD under Vespasian. After Caesars assassination, Antony formed an official political alliance with Octavian (Augustus) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, called the Second Triumvirate. BookFiveXIX BookFiveXXIII BookSixX The Lex Papia Poppaea was a law of 9AD to encourage and strengthen marriage. In AD 31, despite his equestrian rank, Sejanus shared the consulship with Tiberius in absentia,[41] and finally became betrothed to Livilla. BookTwoX Blocked Augustus application for tribuneship, and mocked his contribution to the first battle at Mutina. fall on the eraser used in writing, or equally on the lavatorial sponge on a stick used by Romans, that is, his unfinished tragedy had gone down the drain. And Caesar's famous clemency did not profit him on the Ides of March. This was the island where her mother Julia the Elder had been banished. I apsolutely don't agree with Tiberius's orders to kill Sajanus's children. Antonius, Marcus (Mark Antony) (83BC 30BC), was a Roman politician and general. At dawn, he entered the Senate; while the letter was being read, Macro assumed control of the Praetorian Guard, and members of the vigiles, led by Publius Graecinius Laco, surrounded the building. Audasius, Lucius, was charged with forgery and conspired against Augustus. He was consul in 77BC, the year after Sullas death. BookTwoLXII Augustus married Antonys step-daughter Claudia. 39BC) was a daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia the Younger. The city was destroyed but his life was spared, and he was sent by Octavian to Spain as governor. Augustus forced Tiberius to divorce Vipsania and marry Julia. Was a similar instance of a convicted persons offspring (maybe an adult) also being executed recorded during the Republic? Aesius Proculus was a leading centurions son noted for his good looks. About 700 lines from his works survive. Lucius Aelius Seianus (3 June 20 BC - 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (/sdens/), was a Roman soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. [91][92] Later there was another recycling of Jonson's tragedy in England by the Irish actor Francis Gentleman. At the time the girl was only 4 years old but the marriage was prevented when the boy accidentally died a few days later of asphyxiation . Apollonia was an Ancient Greek city and colony in northern Epirus, now modern-day Albania, located on the right bank of the Aous River; its ruins are situated in the Fier region, near the village of Pojani. When Sejanus was executed his children were also killed. In 14 ce, upon the accession of Tiberius, he joined his father, Seius Strabo, as prefect of the emperors household troops, the Praetorian Guard, and became sole prefect a year or two later. He and his sister Aemilia Lepida (d. 36AD) were both married to siblings of the Emperor Caligula (Aemilia married Caligulas elder brother Drusus Caesar; Lepidus married Caligulas younger sister Julia Drusilla in 37AD. The dramatist Ben Jonson borrowed from the poem for some passages in his Sejanus: His Fall. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Autronius was implicated in Catiline's failed conspiracy to overthrow the government in 66BC. BookTwoVIII BookTwoXIII He formed the Second Triumvirate, with Octavian and Lepidus. BookTwoLXIV His five children by Julia the Elder. He must have been alive during the reign of Domitian, since four epigrams of Martial are addressed to him. Ampius Balbus, Titus was first tribune of the plebs then held the praetorship in 59BC. this seems to me a compassionate caveat that was corrupted under a weak Senate afraid (and misreading) Emperor Tiberius. [31] To Sejanus, Agrippina's sons Nero Caesar, Drusus Caesar and Caligula were a threat to his power. Sejanus was the son of Lucius Sejus Strabo, an equite who became praetorian prefect under Octavian Augustus. Arverni were a Gallic tribe living in what is now the Auvergne region of France. Antonius Saturninus, Lucius, was the governor of Germania Superior during the reign of Domitian in 89AD. Augustus studied in Apollonia in 45BC - 44BC under the tutelage of Athenodorus of Tarsus; it was there that he received news of Caesars murder.
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