Paulus married firstly Cornelia Lentula by whom he had two children: the son being another Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paulus, executed for conspiracy sometime before 14AD, husband of Julia the Younger, grand-daughter of Augustus. Even then Sejanus was suspected of designs above his station (8). BookFourXXIII Caligula hastened her death, some say poisoned her. 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). Aegisthus, in Greek mythology was the son of Thyestes and of his daughter, Pelopia. BookTwoLXXXIX Augustus studied under him. It's cold and it's brutal, but it is, alas, expedient. >>>>>The First Century AD, (Claudius the God), part 2. [77] It has been conjectured that he was put to death as a friend of Sejanus. For a time the most influential and feared citizen of Rome, He fell from power in 31AD, the year of his consulship. BookTwoXXI The Parthians accepted Augustus claim to Armenia (Mark Antony had annexed in it 34BC). BookFiveXLIII Claudius appeared to repent of having married her. Furthermore, she says it is even less likely that Livilla would have been complicit in the destruction of her family, the key to her children's future. If not, at what point did it become acceptable to kill innocents because of their parents actions? BookFiveXXVI Her betrothal to Claudius was broken off c. 8AD. BookThreeLXX His name among the girls was the subject of one of Tiberiuss questions to the grammarians. Username/Email * Password * Find out more on my blog here at UNRV. BookTwoXCII Augustus exchanged the island for that of Capri, with Naples, in 6AD. BookFourXLIX Caligula had intentions of ruling from there temporarily. BookOneV Supported by Lucius Cornelius Cinna. In spite of his reputation, however, he was elected tribune in 71BC, praetor in 66BC, and finally consul with Cicero in 63BC. BookSixXXVIII Nero was rumoured to have had incestuous relations with her. BookSevenIX Galba received a request for aid from its governor. More was to follow when Tiberius learnt of the . 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. His daughter was, infamously, raped first as it was forbidden to execute a virgin. His father was also the second cousin of King Priam of Troy. He died in prison in 33AD, of starvation. BookThreeLI His comments about Tiberius in letters to Livia. Over the years he had grown increasingly disillusioned with the position of princeps, and by sharing the tribunician powers with Drusus in AD 22 he had prepared to relinquish some of his responsibilities in favour of his son. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. What caused his downfall is unclear:[44] ancient historians disagree about the nature of his conspiracy, whether it was Tiberius or Sejanus who struck first and in which order subsequent events occurred. [69], With the exception of Velleius Paterculus, ancient historians have universally condemned Sejanus, although accounts differ regarding the extent to which Sejanus was manipulated by Tiberius or the other way around. [3]:p. 76 Sejanus was once thought to have possibly been a child of this marriage, but Ronald Syme has said that Sejanus' mother was a Junia Blaesa,[4] sister of Junius Blaesus. Tiberius probably had recent history in mind. He then made his way to Rome. His house belonged to the so called Equites, the equestrian or knightly class, which were the lower of the two highest social classes within the Roman republic and empire. Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius (c. 63BC 12BC) was a close friend, and defence minister of the future emperor Augustus. 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 . Aelius Sejanus and His Political Significance. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. BookTwoLXXXV He went mad and committed suicide according to myth. The god could ambivalently bring death or healing. BookFourVIII Altars to her child-bearing in Gaul. After 8BC, Archelaus married Queen Pythodorida of Pontus. BookTwoXXVII His argument to the Senate for clemency regarding future proscriptions. Cicero stated that Pompey would joke about Balbus, that he was not a person of any importance. She married a praetor, Gaius Julius Caesar III, the father of the dictator. The dramatist Ben Jonson borrowed from the poem for some passages in his Sejanus: His Fall. BookFourVIII A letter of his quoted regarding Caligula. The city was famous for its black hellebore, the herb being regarded as a cure for insanity. Autronius was implicated in Catiline's failed conspiracy to overthrow the government in 66BC. "His children also were put to death by decree, the girl (whom he had betrothed to the son of Claudius) having been first outraged by the public executioner on the principle that . BookThreeVIII Tiberius acted as advocate with Augustus presiding. Aurelia Cotta (120BC - 54BC) was the mother of Julius Caesar. Antonius, Marcus (Antyllus) (47BC - 30BC) or Marcus Antonius the Younger, also known as Antonius or Antyllus, was the son of Mark Antony by Fulvia. Lucius Aelius Sejanus (3 June 20 BC - 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (/ s d e n s /), was an ambitious soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius.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 death in AD 31. Augustus had Agrippas remains placed in his own mausoleum. I don't believe under the Republic proper there were such instances (but Augustus famously had Caesarion murdered). BookFiveXXVI Aemilia Lepida was his great-grandaughter. Actius, was a comic actor whose freedom was purchased by Tiberius. It's a great pity he didn't have the foresight to finish off young Iulus Antony too - it would have saved him an awful lot of heartache in 2BC. BookTwoII BookTwoIV BookTwoVI He poked fun at Augustus ancestry. BookTwoXIX He was executed by Augustus in 30BC for conspiring against him. Don't you think that Ursus' conclusions make a lot of sense? BookFiveXXV Claudius stopped sick slaves being abandoned on the Island. He is best known for being the lover of Julia the Elder. With the intentions of the emperor no longer clear, it was now deemed a safer course of action in Rome to withdraw from overtly supporting Sejanus until the matter was clearly resolved. Asinius Pollio, Gaius (75BC 4AD) was a soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic and historian, whose lost contemporary History, provided much of the material for Appian and Plutarch. BookEightXLVI Executed for plotting rebellion. The boys dissappear (though Everitt attributes this to their unimportance) and Cleopatra Selene is married to the King of Mauretania. [84] This was followed in 1634 by another translation, Sir Thomas Hawkins' Politicall Observations upon the Fall of Sejanus, which had originally been titled Della peripetia di fortuna (Of Changes of Fortune) by its author, Giovanni Battista Manzini. [55] The remaining children of Sejanus, Capito Aelianus and Junilla, were executed in December of that year. Asclepiades of Mendes, was an Egyptian theologian, and hymnist, who wrote a work on agreement between the various religions, which seems to be the Theologumena mentioned by Suetonius; a history of Egypt; and a work on Ogyges the mythical first king of Attica. This was prefaced with a tongue-in-cheek dedication to Lord Bute, denying that there can be any comparison between the conduct of Sejanus and that of his lordship. He was subsequently reinstated by Galba, and placed in command of a legion in Pannonia. BookTwoXCIV Alexander, and Augustus, sacrificed at an altar to Liber-Dionysus in Thrace, possibly at Perperikon. They condemned Sejanus. [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. Secondly he married Claudia Marcella Minor, daughter of Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor and Octavia Minor, without issue. He conspired against Claudius in 46AD, and was forced to go into exile. BookOneLXXXII His opinion that only one of the wounds was fatal. The original Latin colony became a municipium c 90BC. Asillius was a slave or freedman of Augustus. Asinius Epicadus, a man of mixed race and Parthian descent, conspired against Augustus, hatching a plot to liberate Agrippa Postumus from exile on the island of Planasia. BookThreeLXX Tiberius made a filial sacrifice in his memory. The city was destroyed but his life was spared, and he was sent by Octavian to Spain as governor. Okay. Agermus, or Agerinus, was a freedman of Agrippina the Younger. His military career started as a legate and cavalry commander of Sulla during the Mithridatic Wars, and earned his nickname half-beast, due to atrocities committed in Greece. Their bodies were likewise thrown down the Gemonian stairs. Some hold that Sejanus seduced Livilla (sister of Germanicus and wife of . BookFiveXIX BookFiveXXIII BookSixX The Lex Papia Poppaea was a law of 9AD to encourage and strengthen marriage. Next to Delphi, Didyma was the most renowned oracle of the Hellenic world, and is mentioned in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. BookTwoXVII Octavian (Augustus) achieved victory there. The remaining children of Sejanus, Capito Aelianus and Junilla, were executed in December of that year.Tacitus, Annals V.9 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. His father, Strabo, made much of his wealth from munitions and weapon manufacturing. [73], Among the writers who fell victim to the regime of Sejanus and its aftermath, were the historians Aulus Cremutius Cordus and Velleius Paterculus and the poet Phaedrus. This office he carried on dutifully and without incident until the death of Augustus in AD 14. Autronius conspired with Catiline to murder the new consuls, but the plot collapsed when Catiline gave the signal before all the conpirators were assembled. Claudius was a brother of Germanicus. During their marriage she gave birth to a son, Claudius Drusus. BookTwoXCIII Augustus disdained to visit the Apis sanctuary. [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. Amidst suspicions of conspiracy against Tiberius, Sejanus was arrested and executed . But suddenly, at the end of AD 31, he was arrested, summarily executed and his body unceremoniously cast down the Gemonian stairs. In 60, he was involved in a forgery case which discredited him, though he escaped punishment. BookTwoXVI His victories at Mylae and Naulochus in 36BC. Aesius Proculus was a leading centurions son noted for his good looks. Lucius Aelius Sejanus (June 3, 20 BC - October 18, AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (English pronunciation: / s d e n s /), was an ambitious soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius.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 death in . BookSixXLIV Nero intended to equip his concubines as Amazons for his Gallic campaign. He was betrothed at one time to Octavians daughter Julia the Elder. BookFiveXXVI BookFiveXXIX BookFiveXXXIX The fourth wife of Claudius. Timon of Athens (The Life of Tymon of Athens) is a play written by William Shakespeare and probably also Thomas Middleton in about 1606. 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