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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Ma'ximus, Sanqui'nius is first mentioned towards the latter end of the reign of Tiberius, A. D. 32, when he is spoken of as a person of consular rank. (Tac. Ann. 6.4.) We learn from Dio Cassius (59.13) and the Fasti that he was consul A. D. 39, in the reign of Caligula, but from the passage of Tacitus quoted above, he must have been consul previously, though his first consulship does not occur in the Fasti. He also held the office of praefectus urbi in the reign of Caligula. (Dio Cass. l.c.) In the reign of Claudiushe had the command in Lower Germany, and died in the province, A. D. 47. (Tac. Ann. 11.18.) He seems to have been a different person from Sanquinius, the accuser of Arruntius. (Tac. Ann. 6.7.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Nerva, M. Cocceius Roman emperor, A. D. 96-98, was born at Narnia, in Umbria (Aur. Vict. Epit. 12), as some interpret the words of Victor, or rather his family was from Narnia. His father was probably the jurist, No. 3. The time of his birth was A. D. 32, inasmuch as he died in January, A. D. 98, at the age of nearly sixty-six (D. C. 68.4). He was consul with Vespasian, A. D. 71, and with Domitian, A. D. 90. Tillemont supposes him to be the Nerva mentioned by Tacitus (Tac. Ann. 15.72), but this Nerva is, perhaps, the father of the emperor. Nerva was probably at Rome when Domitian was assassinated, and privy to the conspiracy, though Aurelius Victor (de Caes. 12) seems to intend to say that he was in Gaul, which is very improbable. His life was saved from the cruelty of Domitian by the emperor's superstition, who believed an astrologer's prediction that Nerva would soon die a natural death (D. C. 67.15). On the assassination of Domitian, in September, A. D. 96, Nerva was declared emp
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Otho, M. Sa'lvius Roman emperor A. D. 69, was descended from an ancient Etruscan family. His father L. Otho, who was consul in A. D. 33, had two sons, Marcus and L. Salvius Titianus. [See above, No. 2.] Marcus Otho was born in the early part of A. D. 32. He was of moderate stature, ill-made in the legs, and had an effeminate appearance. He was one of the companions of Nero in his debaucheries, till he was sent as governor to Lusitania, which he administered with credit during the last ten years of Nero's life [NERO, p. 1163a.]. Otho attached himself to Galba when he revolted against Nero, in the hope of being adopted by him and succeeding to the empire. But Galba, who knew Otho's character, and wished to have a worthy successor, adopted L. Piso, on the tenth of January, A. D. 69, and designated him as the future emperor. (Tac. Hist. 1.15.) Otho thus saw his hopes disappointed. His private affairs also were in. a ruinous condition, and he resolved to seize the power which an astrolog
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Paconia'nus, Se'xtius one of the bold and unscrupulous agents of Sejanus, was involved in the fall of his master, to the great joy of the senators, whose secrets he had frequently betrayed. He was sentenced to death in A. D. 32, unless he gave information; but in consequence of his doing so, the sentence was not carried into execution. He remained in prison till A. D. 35, in which year he was strangled on account of his having written some libellous verses against Tibersus while in confinement. (Tac. Ann. 6.3, 4, 39.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Piso (search)
Piso 8. L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, L. F. L. N., the son of No. 7, must have been born during the civil war between Caesar and Pompey (B. C. 49-48), as he was eighty at the time of his death in A. D. 32 (Tac. Ann. 6.10). He was consul B. C. 15, with M. Livius Drusus Libo, and afterwards obtained the province of Pamphylia; from thence he was recalled by Augustus in B. C. 11, in order to make war upon the Thracians, who had attacked the province of Macedonia. After a struggle which lasted for s by the integrity and justice with which he governed the city. Velleius Paterculus, who wrote his history while Piso held the praefecture of the city, pronounces a glowing eulogy on his virtues and merits. He died, as we have already stated, in A. D. 32, and was honoured by a decree of the senate, with a public funeral. He was a pontiff at the time of his death. The year in which he was appointed praefectus urbi has occasioned considerable dispute. Tacitus says that he held the office for twent
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Po'llio, Vitra'sius 1. The praefectus or governor of Fgypt in the reign of Tiberius, died A. D. 32. (D. C. 58.19.)
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Ru'brius Faba'tus was apprehended in attempting to fly to the Parthians in A. D. 32, but escaped punishment from the forgetfulness rather than the mercy of Tiberius. (Tac. Ann. 6.14.)
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Rufus, Gemi'nius was accused of the crime of majestas towards the end of A. D. 32, in consequence of his intimacy with Sejanus. He put an end to his own life, and his wife Publia Prisca followed his example. (D. C. 58.4; Tac. Ann. 6.14.)
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Sabiinus, Calvi'sius 3. C. Calvisius Sabinus, probably son of No 2. and grandson of No. 1, was consul under Tiberius in A. D. 26 with Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus. In A. D. 32 he was accused of majestas, but was saved by Celsus, tribune of a city cohort, who was one of the informers. He was governor of Pannonia under Caligula, and was accused with his wife Cornelia; but as their condemnation was certain, they put an end to their own lives before the trial came on. (Tac. Ann. 4.46, 6.9, Hist. 1.48; D. C. 59.18.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Scaurus, Aemi'lius 6. MAMERCUS AEMILIUS SCAURUS, the son of No. 5, was a distinguished orator and poet, but of a dissolute character. He was a member of the senate at the time of the accession of Tiberius, A. D. 14, when he offended this suspicious emperor by some remarks which he made in the senate. He is mentioned as one of the accusers of Domitius Corbulo in A. D. 21, and likewise as one of the accusers of Silanus, in A. D. 22. He was himself accused of majestas in A. D. 32, but Tiberius stopped the proceedings against him. He was, however, again accused of the same crime in A. D. 34, by Servilius and Cornelius Tuscus, who charged him with magic, and with having had adultery with Livia; but his real ground of offence was his tragedy of Atreus, in which his enemy Macro had interpolated some verses reflecting upon the emperor. He put an end to his own life at the suggestion of his wife Sextia, who killed herself at the same time (Tac. Ann. 1.13, 3.31, 36, 6.9, 29; D. C. 58.24; Senec.
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