[23] In practice it was still Sejanus who was the second man in the empire, and he was ambitious to further expand his power. [50] The ensuing confusion was successful in alienating Sejanus from many of his followers. Augustus enlarged his kingdom by adding parts of Cilicia and Lesser Armenia. [66] The reality of this was seen in AD 31, when Tiberius was forced to rely upon the vigiles against the soldiers of his own guard. Sejanus is particularly notorious for his role in the deaths of the family of Germanicus, a popular Julio-Claudian prince and Tiberius' adopted son. This child would become the Emperor Nero. From then on Agrippa played a major part in Augustus career, as military commander and admiral, also undertaking major public works inRome and elsewhere, and writing works on geography (following his survey of the Empire) and other subjects. It was founded in 588BC by colonists from Kerkyra (Corfu) and Corinth. Anticyra, in Phocis, on the bay of Anticyra in the Corinthian gulf, was a town of considerable importance in ancient times, was destroyed by Philip of Macedon, recovered its prosperity; and was captured by Titus Quinctius Flamininus in 198BC. BookFourXVI Caligula re-adopted his practice of publishing the Imperial Accounts. 60-65 He interceded on behalf of the young Julius Caesar. Antonius, Lucius was the younger brother and supporter of Mark Antony. BookTwoXLIII His grandson Aeserninus was injured in the Troy Game, which led Asinius to complain to Augustus. 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. BookEightXLII BookEightXLIII BookEightXLVI Mentioned. [7] With her as an accomplice, Drusus was slowly poisoned and died of seemingly natural causes on September 13, AD 23. Aufidia, was a daughter of the Roman Magistrate Marcus Aufidius Lurco Her father originally came from Fundi (modern Fondi) She married the future praetor, Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus. BookTwoIX Augustus (Octavian) involved in civil war there. [24] Here Augustus, abandoning writing his tragedy, has his hero fall on his sponge rather than his sword, i.e. The son of a freedman, Accius was born at Pisaurum in Umbria. They had at least six sons. In 41BC, he was consul with Publius Servilius Vatia. Aelius Seianus, Lucius, known as Sejanus (d. 31AD) was an Equestrian by birth, the son of Lucius Seius Strabo who became Governor of Egypt, and succeeded his father as prefect of the Imperial bodyguard, the Praetorian Guard, which he commanded from 14AD until his death in 31AD. He became tutor to Claudius. One of the most powerful tribes in ancient Gaul, their most important stronghold was Gergovia, near the present-day commune of Clermont-Ferrand. Claudius was a brother of Germanicus. Aelia Paetina was the daughter of the consul of 4AD, Sextus Aelius Catus. However, he died at Misenum before he could set out for Rome. Cappadocia was then made a Roman province. Sejanus had three children, and Sejanus' daughter Junilla had been betrothed to Claudius' son (Ann.3.29, Suet.Claud.27, Dio 58.11.5) During his consulship, Julius Caesar bribed him for his support. Aemilius Lepidus, Marcus, Lepidus the Younger, (d. 30BC), was the only child of triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. BookOneLXXXII Prevented Caesars assassins carrying out their plans after the assassination. In 25 Sejanus was refused Tiberiuss permission to marry Drususs widow, Livilla, who may have been Sejanuss accomplice in the poisoning of her husband. BookTwoLXIV Her marriage to Germanicus, between 5BC and 1BC. 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). BookOneL Caesar described by Pompey as an Aegisthus. BookTwoXCIV Alexander, and Augustus, sacrificed at an altar to Liber-Dionysus in Thrace, possibly at Perperikon. He and his lover Cleopatra committed suicide shortly thereafter. '[89] A subtler attack on a later prime minister occurred in 1769 when Jonson's Sejanus was reissued under the title of The Favourite. Sejanus was related through his mother to the distinguished senatorial family Cornelii Lentuli. [2][45][70][71] Suetonius Tranquillus asserts that Sejanus was merely an instrument of Tiberius, to hasten the downfall of Germanicus and his family and that he was quickly disposed of once he ceased to be useful. BookFiveII Claudius born during his consulship. Antonius, Marcus (Antyllus) (47BC - 30BC) or Marcus Antonius the Younger, also known as Antonius or Antyllus, was the son of Mark Antony by Fulvia. [19] We also know from this source that Cordus starved himself to death. [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. He is also known to have been a member of the Arval Brethren, a priestly college. The camp was purged of mutineers by the Praetorians and the legions returned to the winter barracks. Sejanus was the son of Lucius Sejus Strabo, an equite who became praetorian prefect under Octavian Augustus. BookFourXLIX Caligula had intentions of ruling from there. BookFourXXXVI Caligula was rumoured to have had sexual intercourse with him. However, he realised that an outright condemnation could provoke Sejanus to attempt a coup. Winning a war doesn't give you that right. Julia Drusi Caesaris Filia (Classical Latin: IVLIADRVSICAESARISFILIA, 5-43) was the daughter of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla and granddaughter to the Roman Emperor Tiberius. BookThreeVII His daughter Agrippina Vipsania the Younger the married Tiberius. BookFourXXIII Caligula accused Livia of being of low birth. This is the oldest peripteral (possessing a row of columns on each side) Doric temple in the world. Sejanus' imperial connections are rightly stressed : his daughter, Junilla, executed in A. D. 31, was betrothed to Claudius' son Drusus while Claudius married Aelia Paetina, daughter of Sejanus' frater patruelis Sex. Lepidus was executed. BookTwoIX BookTwoXI BookTwoXX BookTwoXLIX Defeated by Augustus (Octavian) at Mutina and finally at Actium. She married a praetor, Gaius Julius Caesar III, the father of the dictator. Alcmaeon in Greek mythology was the son of Amphiaraus. BookTwoXCIV Referenced regarding an omen associated with Augustus. With Apicata, Sejanus had two sons, Strabo and Capito Aelianus, and a daughter, Junilla. [80] The play is seen as a topical reference to the fall of the former royal favourite, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason two years before. Aquilius Niger, a historian used as a source by Suetonius. BookTwoXVII BookTwoLXXI Augustus captured the city in 30BC. It's easy! BookFourXXXI The loss of Varus and his legions was a notable event during his reign. 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. >>>>>The First Century AD, (Claudius the God), part 2. Aemilia Lepida (b. c. 5BC) was the eldest daughter and first born child of Julia the Younger (the first granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus) and the consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus. BookFourXXIV She caught Caligula and his sister Drusilla in an incestuous relationship. Ptolemy I Soter integrated Apis with aspects of Osiris to create the Egyptian-Hellenistic deity Serapis. He may also have been the father of Acerronia Polla, a friend of Agrippina the Younger, murdered by the emperor Nero in AD59. BookFourXXX Caligula called the Senate disparagingly friends of Sejanus. After the alliance between his father and Octavian ended, the engagement was terminated. He was charged with treason and sentenced to death; subsequently committing suicide. An equestrian by birth, Sejanus rose to power as prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard, known as the Praetorian Guard, of which he was commander from AD 14 until his execution for treason in AD 31. BookSevenXLVI Vitellius assumed the office of High Priest on the anniversary of the battle. He is best known for being the lover of Julia the Elder. The original Latin colony became a municipium c 90BC. Lepidus mother was Junia Secunda, a sister to Marcus Junius Brutus. It was the capital of the Volsci until conquered by the Romans. Sejanus and Tiberius talk about Agrippina, Germanicus's . BookSixXXVIII Nero was rumoured to have had incestuous relations with her. When Tiberius withdrew to Capri in 26, Sejanus became de facto ruler of the empire. BookEightIX Vespasian built the Colosseum which Augustus had planned. BookTwoXCVII Augustus reached there in 14AD and took ship for Naples, on the way to Beneventum, but became ill, and diverted to Capri. As early as 2. In Rome, Serapis was worshipped in the Iseum Campense, the sanctuary of the goddess Isis located in the Campus Martius and built during the Second Triumvirate. [45] Unfortunately the relevant section pertaining to this period in the Annals of Tacitus has been lost. Augustus forced Tiberius to divorce Vipsania and marry Julia. Their only son was named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, after Domitiuss recently deceased father. BookSixXXXIV He was arrested on Neros orders. 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. Syme believes Tacitus delayed mention of these reforms until the year 23 for stylistic reasons. 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. Other historiographers place them in Asia Minor or Libya. [42] His birthday was publicly observed and statues were erected in his honour. BookThreeVII He co-funded the young Tiberius gladiatorial contests in honour of his father and grandfather. Aetna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. They had at least two children: a daughter Livia Drusilla and a son Marcus Livius Drusus, who served as a Roman consul. BookFiveXLI She warned the young Claudius over the sensitivity of the work on history he was writing. He fled to Europe with a small group of followers and surrendered to the Romans there. BookFiveXX Caligula had the obelisk transported from Heliopolis via Alexandria in 37AD. He was the maternal grandfather of Livia, who was Caligulas maternal grandmother. Sejanus, in full Lucius Aelius Sejanus, (died 31 ce ), chief administrator of the Roman Empire for the emperor Tiberius, alleged murderer of Tiberius's only son, Drusus Caesar, and suspect in a plot to overthrow Tiberius and become emperor himself. They came from the area of Reate, drove the Sakrani or Siculi from Lazio and defeated the Umbrians. According to Josephus, it was Antonia, the mother of Livilla, who finally alerted Tiberius to the growing threat Sejanus posed (possibly with information provided by Satrius Secundus), in a letter she dispatched to Capri in the care of her freedman Pallas. Through years of crafty intrigues and indispensable service to the emperor, Sejanus had worked himself up to become the most powerful man in the Empire. After the divorce, in 11BC she married Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, a Senator and son of the orator Asinius Pollio. BookTwoXVI Mentioned, commanding off Sicily c. 36BC. According to the ancient historian Tacitus, Sejanus was also a former favourite of the wealthy Marcus Gavius Apicius, whose daughter may have been Sejanus' first wife Apicata. Tiberius variously announced that he would arrive in Rome the next day or that he was at the point of death. Tiberius was the stepson of Augustus, and their relationship is hotly debated by historians. History. Networks of spies and informers brought the victims to trial with false accusations of treason, and many chose suicide over the disgrace of being condemned and executed. He was not popular with his subjects, who brought an accusation against him in Rome on which occasion he was defended by the young Tiberius. Aponius Saturninus was a praetor at the time of Caligula. Aelia Junilla (Q4531268) daughter of Sejanus Aelia Iunilla Junilla Iunilla edit Statements instance of human 1 reference sex or gender female 0 references country of citizenship Ancient Rome 0 references Roman praenomen no value 0 references Roman nomen gentilicium Aelia 0 references date of birth 20 CE Gregorian sourcing circumstances circa Octavian restored the outward forms of the Roman Republic, with governmental power vested in the Roman Senate, but in practice retained autocratic power. He died in AD 19, possibly poisoned by an agent of Tiberius himself. Username/Email * Password * 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. Vipsania Agrippina, also called Agrippina the Elder, (born c. 14 bcdied Oct. 18, ad 33, the island of Pandateria [modern Ventotene Island, Italy], in the Tyrrhenian Sea), daughter of Marcus Agrippa and Julia (who was the daughter of the emperor Augustus), and a major figure in the succession struggles in the latter part of the reign of Tiberius (ruled ad 14-37). BookFourXXX Caligula quotes Oderint, dum metuant. BookThreeLII BookThreeLIII BookThreeLXIV BookFourXXX Tiberiuss cruel treatment of her, and her banishment to Pandataria. In AD 29 Sejanus orchestrated the trial of Germanicus' widow, Agrippina the Elder, and her sons Drusus and Nero, on a charge . Here's my point. He was born in 14 BC in Rome with the name Nero Claudius Drusus, and is often referred to by historians as Drusus II, Drusus the Younger and Drusus Minor to distinguish him from his paternal uncle, Nero Claudius Drusus, the younger brother of Tiberius after whom Drusus was named. 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