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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Marsus, Vi'bius whom Tacitus calls (Ann. 6.47) "vetustis honoribus studiisque illustris," is first mentioned in A. D. 19 as one of the most likely persons to obtain the government of Syria, but he gave way to Cn. Sentius. In the same year he was sent to summon Piso to Rome to stand his trial. His name occurs again in A. D. 26, in the debates of the senate; and just before the death of Tiberius (A. D. 37) he narrowly escaped death, being accused as one of the accomplices of Albucilla. In A. D. 47 we find him governor of Syria. (Tac. Ann. 2.74, 79, 4.56, 6.47, 48, 11.10.) The name of C. Vibius Marsus, proconsul, appears on several coins of Utica in Africa, struck in the reign of Tiberius: they probably relate to the same person as the one mentioned above; and as he was disappointed in obtaining the province of Syria in the reign of Tiberius, he may have been appointed to that of Africa. (Eckhel, vol. iv. pp. 147, 148.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Naso, Vale'rius who had previously been praetor, was sent to Smyrna in A. D. 26, to superintend the erection of a temple to Tiberius (Tac. Ann. 4.56).
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Nerva, Cocceius 2. M. Cocceius Nerva, who died A. D. 33, was probably the son of the consul of B. C. 36: he was the grandfather of the emperor Nerva. This Nerva was consul with C. Vibius Rufinus, A. D. 22: Tacitus (Tac. Ann. 4.58) says that he had been consul. He was one of the intimate friends of Tiberius Caesar, who gave him the superintendence of the aqueducts of Rome (Frontinus, De Aquaeduct. ii.). Nerva accompanied Tiberius in his retirement from Rome A. D. 26. In the year A. D. 33, he resolutely starved himself to death, notwithstanding the intreaties of Tiberius, whose constant companion he was. Tacitus (Tac. Ann. 6.26) and Dio Cassius (58.21) give different reasons for this resolution of Nerva, but we may infer from both of them that Nerva was tired of his master. Tacitus says, that he was profoundly skilled in the law. He is often mentioned in the Digest (43. tit. 8. s. 2; 16. tit. 3. s. 32), and he wrote several legal works, but the title of no one of them is mentioned.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Nu'mmius (search)
Nu'mmius is a name which occurs only in the Fasti and inscriptions of the time of the empire. Thus we find a T. Rusticus Nummius Gallus, consul suffectus, A. D. 26, a Nummius Sisenna, consul A. D. 133, and a M. Nummius Albinus, consul A. D. 206.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
also, which were not put down without the loss of life. The Samaritans complained of his conduct to Vitellius, the governor of Syria, who deprived him of his office, and sent him to Rome to answer before the emperor the accusations that were brought against him. As Pilatus reached Rome shortly after the death of Tiberius, which took place on the 15th of March, A. D. 37, he was probably deposed in the preceding year A. D. 36, and would therefore have entered upon his duties as procurator in A. D. 26. Eusebius states that Pilatus put an end to his own life at the commencement of the reign of Caligula, worn out by the many misfortunes he had experienced. (Tac. Ann. 15.44 ; Matthew, xxvii; Mark, xv; Luke, 3.1, xxiii. ; John, xviii. xix.; J. AJ 18.3. § l, &c., 18.4.1, &c., B. Jud. 2.9.2; Euseb. Hist. Eccl. 2.7.) The early Christian writers refer frequently to an official report, made by Pilatus to the emperor Tiberius, of the condemnation and death of Christ. (Just. Mart. Apol. i. pp. 76,
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Rhoemetalces Ii. （*(Roimhta/lkhs), king of Thrace, was the son of Rhascuporis [No. 2] and nephew of the preceding. On the deposition of his father, whose ambitious projects he had opposed, Rhoemetalces shared with the sons of Cotys [No. 5] the kingdom of Thrace. He remained faithful to Rome, and aided in putting down the Thracian malcontents in A. D. 26. Caligula, in A. D. 38, assigned the whole of Thrace to Rhoemetalces, and gave Armenia Minor to the son of Cotys. [COTYS, No. 6.] (D. C. 59.12; Tac. Ann. 2.67, 3.38, 4.5, 47, 11.9.) On the obverse of the annexed coin is the head of Caligula, and on the reverse that of Rhoemetalces. [W.B.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
L. Ru'stius occurs on coins, a specimen of which is annexed. On the obverse is the head of Mars, and on the reverse a ram. The name of Q. Rustius is also found on coins (Eckhel, vol. v. pp. 297, 298). Rustius occurs in Plutarch as the name of one of the Roman officers who accompanied Crassus in his expedition against the Parthians (Plut. Crass. 32); and there is no occasion to change it into Ruscius or any other name, as modern editors have proposed, since we have the many decisive evidence of coins that Rustius was a Roman name. On the contrary, we are inclined, on the authority of these coins, to change Rusius in Cicero (Cic. Brut. 74), and Ruscius in Suetonius (Suet. Dom. 8), into Rustius. We also find a T. Rustius Nummius Gallus, one of the consoles suffecti in A. D. 26.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
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), Tibe'rius (search)
ers; here he spoke out fairly. and revealed one of his secrets of governing. Cremutius Cordus had written Annals, in which he had commended Brutus and Cassius : he was accused, and as he had made up his mind to die, he spoke boldly in his defence. After going out of the senate house he starved himself to death; the senate ordered the aediles to search for his works and burn them, but all the copies were not discovered, and his Annals were extant when Tacitus wrote (Ann. 4.35). In the year A. D. 26 Tiberius left Rome, and never returned, though he care sometimes close to the walls of the city. He left on the pretext of dedicating temples in Campania, but his real motives were his dislike to Rome, where he heard a great deal that was disagreeable to him, and his wish to indulge his sensual propensities in private. Sejanus may have contributed to this resolution of leaving Rome, as it is said. but Tiberius still continued to reside out of Rome for six years after the death of Sejanus. (
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