Edward Togo Salmon wrote that, In the whole twenty two years of Tiberius' reign, not more than fifty-two persons were accused of treason, of whom almost half escaped conviction, while the four innocent people to be condemned fell victims to the excessive zeal of the Senate, not to the Emperor's tyranny. Lucius Aelius Sejanus (c. 20 BC - 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (/ s d e n s /), 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. He was consul in 40BC. 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. Asinius Gallus, Lucius was a grandson of Pollio, and son of Asinius Gallus Salonius. [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. BookTwoII Augustus great-grandfather served under him in Sicily in 205. Augustus, Gaius Julius Caesar (23 September 63BC 19 August 14AD) was the first ruler of the Roman Empire, from January 27BC until his death. 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. [53], That same evening the Senate convened at the Temple of Concord and summarily condemned Sejanus to death. 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. 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. BookThreeVIII Tiberius acted as advocate with Augustus presiding. Literature in general and Rome in particular. BookThreeLVII His legacies left to the people. According to all three accounts, the executioner raped Sejanus' daughter Junilla before killing her because there was a rule against or a lack of precedent supporting the execution of a virgin. Alani were a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists who frequently raided the Parthian empire and the Caucasian provinces of the Roman Empire. BookSixIX Nero turned over his affairs to her, both public and private, making her the major power in the Empire during his initial reign. In 61BC, he was a Tribune of the Plebs. BookSixXXV The Pythian Games (Delphic Games) were held every four years at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. The remaining children of Sejanus, Capito Aelianus and Junilla, were executed in December of that year. Okay. With Apicata, he had three children,Tacitus, Annals IV.3 two sons and one daughter: Strabo, Capito Aelianus and Junilla. The journey of Aeneas from Troy (with help from Aphrodite), which led to the founding of the city Rome, is recounted in Virgils Aeneid. [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. Later published by the Catholic Publication Society in New York in 1872: Drusus the Younger (Drusus Julius Caesar), Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, "Staging Roman History, Stuart Politics, and the Duke of Buckingham: The Example of The Emperors Favourite", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sejanus&oldid=1140980479, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 19:16. Cordus was brought to trial in AD 25 by Sejanus, under accusations of treason. BookSixL She helped to deposit Neros ashes in the family tomb. During the incidents, Tiberius was hiding on Capri, ready to flee to Asia if things got dicey. Here's my point. [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. BookSixXXVIII Nero was rumoured to have had incestuous relations with her. Cesarion was the son Julius Caesar and as such a was a threat to Octavian, whose entire political career was base on the fact who was adopted by his great uncle. 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. BookThreeXXV His slave Clemens pretended to be him after his dath, and gained a following, but was trapped and executed by Tiberius. BookFiveII Claudius born during his consulship. Some time after 6AD, for reasons unknown but possibly conspiracy, Augustus banished Postumus to the small island of Planasia. Sejanus was born in 20 BC at Volsinii, Etruria, into the family 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 maintain relations with senatorial families through his marriage with Terentia, a sister of the wife of Gaius Maecenas, who was one of . Was a similar instance of a convicted persons offspring (maybe an adult) also being executed recorded during the Republic? They came from the area of Reate, drove the Sakrani or Siculi from Lazio and defeated the Umbrians. In 60, he was involved in a forgery case which discredited him, though he escaped punishment. BookSixIX Nero founded a new colony there, relocating the wealthiest of the leading centurions, and building a harbour. Paulus was Consul in 50BC. Albulan Waters, the Albulae Aquae (The White Water) are a group of springs located 6 km West of Tivoli. Aemilius Lepidus Paulus, Lucius (c. 77BC - c. 14BC) was nephew to Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Triumvir, and son of his brother Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paulus. b) by intermarrying with the ruling house: there was Livilla and her daughter, there was Gemellus, there was Claudius' children etc. 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. Strabo married into equally illustrious families. Antistius was a physician who examined Caesars body after his assassination. She died in 20AD, a few days after the ovation of her son Drusus, on 28 May. [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. Fables I.1, I.2.24, and I.17). He returned to Tarsus in old age. Please refer to our Privacy Policy. Asinius Gallus Salonius, Gaius (d. 33AD) was the son of Pollio, and consul in 8BC, and proconsul of Asia in 6/5BC. BookOneI Identification presumed. After his old friend Cicero refused to defend him, he was convicted and sent into exile in Epeirus. [37] Instead, Tiberius addressed a number of contradictory letters to the Senate, some of which praised Sejanus and his friends and some of which denounced them. See the Liber entry. BookThreeXLI The Parthians allowed to overrun Armenia c. 30AD - 37AD. Antonius, Marcus (Antyllus) (47BC - 30BC) or Marcus Antonius the Younger, also known as Antonius or Antyllus, was the son of Mark Antony by Fulvia. Aquilius Niger, a historian used as a source by Suetonius. Apelles of Ascalon was a tragic actor, and a companion of Caligula. In that year, he raised an eight-legion army to fight against Octavians unpopular policies, subsequently marching on Rome, driving out Lepidus, and promising the abolition of the Triumvirate. Livia was the first Roman Empress and third wife of Augustus. BookFourVII His daughter Agrippina Vipsania the Elder married Germanicus. By AD 23, he exerted a considerable influence over the decisions of the emperor, who referred to Sejanus as "Socius Laborum" (my partner in my toils). Atia married the Roman Macedonian governor and senator Gaius Octavius. Antyllus was put to death beacause he grew up with Antonius and groomed as his heir while Iulius was brought up by Octavia most of his life and as such might be consider as her son. Yes Roman boys had a coming-of-age at an age which the paterfamilias saw fit but usually in mid to late teens. The Praetorians also resorted to looting when they were accused of having conspired with the former prefect. . BookSixLII She warned Nero as a boy not to study philosophy. BookSevenVIII Galba was elected to the Sodales Augustales an order of priests instituted by Tiberius to maintain the cult of Augustus and the Iulii. Remains of Roman thermal baths exist near the principal spring, the Lago della Regina and dedicatory inscriptions have been found. Sejanus was related through his mother to the distinguished senatorial family Cornelii Lentuli. He was son-in-law to Augustus, maternal grandfather of the Emperor Caligula, father-in-law of the Emperors Tiberius and Claudius, and maternal great-grandfather of the Emperor Nero. BookFiveXLIII Claudius appeared to repent of having married her. This virtually ensured 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. 3 the enmity between the two men had reached a critical point. There was a village, on the promontory also called Actium. He was killed after the Battle of Thapsus in 46BC. BookTwoLXXXI He treated Augustus after the Cantabrian Campaign, possibly for typhoid fever for which cold fomentations are a rational treatment, rather than liver abscess. William Shakespeare's last will and testament was signed on 25 March 1616, just under a month before his death. In 43BC, Octavian joined forces with Mark Antony and Lepidus in the Second Triumvirate, which was eventually torn apart, Lepidus being driven into exile, while Antony committed suicide after his defeat at the Battle of Actium by Octavians fleet commanded by Agrippa, in 31BC. Sejanus is also a leading figure in another Roman history play of about this time, the anonymous Tragedy of Claudius Tiberius Nero (1607). In 28, Tiberius arranged for Agrippina to marry her paternal second cousin Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus. BookFourXXIII Caligula accused Livia of being of low birth. [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. After Caesars assassination, Octavian, Antony and Lepidus ultimately met on an island in a river near Mutina (Modena), and formed the Second Triumvirate. BookEightII Vespasian proposed he was refused public burial. Sejanus wants to poison Drusus and conspires with Livia (wife of Drusus Senior, daughter-in-law of Tiberius), whom he wants to marry. Brutus sided with Pompey despite the fact that Pompey had had Brutus Snr killed. Marcellus was a Senator in Claudius and Neros reigns. Sejanus was born in 20 BC in Volsinii, Etruria as the son of Lucius Seius Strabo (46 BC-16 AD). 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 . b. 40th year of the reign of Imperator Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus and validation of Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus to the position of Princeps. BookFiveXI Claudius honoured his grandfather Antonys memory. Agamennon was a Greek king, leader of the army at Troy in Homers Iliad. He fled to Europe with a small group of followers and surrendered to the Romans there. Artabanus II of Parthia ruled the Parthian Empire from about 10AD to 38AD. 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. BookTwoVIII BookTwoXIII He formed the Second Triumvirate, with Octavian and Antony. It has been argued that the Senate gave him an imperium greater than that of any other provincial governor in the East (imperium majus). By AD 23, Sejanus was a power in the city. The town was formally established as a colony for veterans of the Roman legion Legio VI Ferrata. BookTwoXVI Mark Antonys taunting of Augustus regarding Naulochus. Secondly he married Claudia Marcella Minor, daughter of Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor and Octavia Minor, without issue. Several kings, many of whom became gods, were: Saturn, Thybris, Faunus, Aventinus, Picus and the alleged namesake of the country of Latium, Latinus. Next to Delphi, Didyma was the most renowned oracle of the Hellenic world, and is mentioned in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. No Executing Virgins. The second daughter and fourth child of Agrippa and Julia the Elder, Agrippina married her second maternal cousin Germanicus between 5 and 1BC. 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. After the pacification of the east and the the Battle of Philippi, during which he remained in Rome, Lepidus assumed rule of the western provinces of Hispania and Africa. On the approach of Octavian, he retired to Perusia in Etruria, where he was besieged by three armies, and compelled to surrender (40BC). BookFiveXLI Claudius wrote a book defending Cicero from Asinius Galluss writings. Aelius Catus : both alliances were evidence of 1 iberius' appreciation of Sejanus. He was taken from prison and strangled, after which his body was cast onto the Gemonian stairs. Subsequently Lepidus was accused of usurping power in Sicily and of attempted rebellion and was forced into exile at Circeii. BookOneLII He had attested to Caesarion being Caesars son by Cleopatra. this seems to me a compassionate caveat that was corrupted under a weak Senate afraid (and misreading) Emperor Tiberius. Aelia Paetina was the daughter of the consul of 4AD, Sextus Aelius Catus. Caligula later retrieved her ashes and honoured her in Rome. BookTwoLVIII Augustus received a delegation from Rome to acclaim him Pater patriae (Father of the Country). BookThreeLVIII Tiberiuss abuse of the law of lese-majesty regarding Augustus. Sejanus despised the Jews and wanted to exterminate their race. 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. It included provisions against adultery and celibacy and complemented and supplemented Augustus Lex Julia de Maritandis Ordinibus of 18BC and the Lex Iulia de Adulteriis Coercendis of 17BC. 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