The remaining children of Sejanus, Capito Aelianus and Junilla, were executed in December of that year. BookTwoLXIV His five children by Julia the Elder. He may also have been the father of Acerronia Polla, a friend of Agrippina the Younger, murdered by the emperor Nero in AD59. He spent the rest of his life in obscurity. BookFiveXIX BookFiveXXIII BookSixX The Lex Papia Poppaea was a law of 9AD to encourage and strengthen marriage. A land extension stretching to the Loire River was added by Augustus, and Aquitania became an imperial province. Timon lavishes his wealth on parasitic companions until he is poor and rejected by them. He may be the same as the Lucius Aemilius Papus, decemvir sacrorum, who died in 171BC. Eriphyle, his mother, was bribed to send her husband (and her son Alcmaeon) into battle against Thebes. BookThreeXXII Tiberius suppressed news of Augustus death until Postumus had been executed. He may also have been the son of the consul of the same name of 225BC. Nero performed in it as a youth. A theme throughout the Annals is Sejanus' antagonism towards Agrippina, indicated as early as 1.69. Tiberius was the stepson of Augustus, and their relationship is hotly debated by historians. The water is bluish, strongly impregnated with sulphur and carbonate of lime, and rises at a temperature of about 24 degrees Centigrade. Amidst suspicion of conspiracy, Sejanus was arrested and executed, along with his followers. So I guess the girls when they were married, they became a woman? BookSevenXLIII Vitellius deferred accepting the title Augustus. He became tutor to Claudius. BookFiveI His love for Drusus the Elder, and his praise of him after his death. According to the Bingham dissertation, while the Guard had been formally established by Augustus in 27 BC, the first prefects were not appointed until 2 BC. He appears to have written biographies of famous men. To these Augustus shows mercy he puts them up with Octavia. BookEightIV Vespasian was wary of her influence over Nero and her animosity towards any friend of Narcissus. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Cleopatra and Antonius children probably weren't consider Romans and as such they could be spared, it's also importand to remember that the civil war against Antonius was allways presented as a war against Egypt and Cleopatra and it's may be another factor in Octavian decision to spare some of Antonius children. Like Dyrrachium further north, it was an important port on the Illyrian coast as the most convenient link between Brundusium and northern Greece, and as one of the western starting points of the Via Egnatia leading east to Thessaloniki and Byzantium in Thrace. Television documentaries usually wet my appetite for subjects and I then progress to books and the internet for greater understanding. However, he realised that an outright condemnation could provoke Sejanus to attempt a coup. Aemilius Lepidus, Marcus (the Triumvir) (b. c. 89BC or 88BC, d. late 13BC or early 12BC) rose to become a member of the Second Triumvirate and Pontifex Maximus. Antiochus IV of Commagene (before 17AD after 72AD) was the last king of Commagene (a country bordering Cappodocia, Cilicia and Syria), who reigned between 38AD and 72AD as a client king of the Roman Empire. They had at least six sons. BookThreeXVII He refused proposals for Tiberius to be granted an honorific surname, in 9AD, but reiterated that Tiberius was his heir. Is this the exception that prooved the rule? Literature in general and Rome in particular. BookFiveII Claudius born during his consulship. BookTwoLXVII He accused Augustus of homosexuality. 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. Unfortunately, Drusus died of asphyxiation in his early teens, shortly after becoming engaged to Junilla, the daughter of Sejanus. [45] Modern historians consider it unlikely that Sejanus plotted to seize power and, if he had planned so at all, rather might have aimed at overthrowing Tiberius to serve as a regent to Tiberius Gemellus, son of Drusus, or possibly Gaius Caligula. And so the death of the elderly Augustus has brought I, Lucius Aelius Seianus, to the esteemed position of Praetorian Prefect as a colleague to my father Lucius Aelius Strabo. b) by intermarrying with the ruling house: there was Livilla and her daughter, there was Gemellus, there was Claudius' children etc. BookFourXXIV She caught Caligula and his sister Drusilla in an incestuous relationship. Pompeius Magnus's son had given Augustus a major headache. Antium, modern Anzio, is a city on the coast of the Lazio region of Italy, about 35 miles south of Rome. Cordus was brought to trial in AD 25 by Sejanus, under accusations of treason. Deaths of two notable Romans; Lucius Volusius 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. BookTwoXCIII Augustus disdained to visit the Apis sanctuary. He was consul for a second time in 42BC. His young daughter, Junilla, was killed as well. [27], The loss of his son was a major blow to Tiberius, personally and politically. Appuleius, Sextus, was related to Augustus, and a consul in the year of Augustus death. For him, the execution of the children was a politcal and personal necessity. BookEightIII Caenis was a former slave and secretary of hers. Nothing of his work has survived. Other historiographers place them in Asia Minor or Libya. Atius Balbus, Marcus (105BC 51BC) was the son and heir of an elder Marcus Atius Balbus (148BC 87BC) and Pompeia. BookTwoXXIX BookTwoXXXI BookTwoLII BookSixXXV The Palatine Temple of Apollo built by Augustus in Rome was dedicated in 28BC. BookTwoLXX Apollo the Tormentor or Executioner was supposedly a name under which the god was worshipped in Rome. [13][14] In AD 20 the scattered encampments inside the city were centralized into a single garrison just outside Rome[15][16] and the number of cohorts was increased from nine to twelve,[17] one of which now held the daily guard at the palace. . Aricia lies in the Alban Hills of the modern Lazio (Latium) region and could now be considered an extension of Romes southeastern suburbs. BookTwoXVII BookTwoLXXI Augustus captured the city in 30BC. Marcellus was a Senator in Claudius and Neros reigns. After his old friend Cicero refused to defend him, he was convicted and sent into exile in Epeirus. [99], The aim of some later novels has been to concentrate as much on local colour as on the story. News arrives that when the head was removed a huge snake leapt from the statue. His wife Julia the Younger was exiled in 8AD for having an affair with a senator. During their marriage she gave birth to a son, Claudius Drusus. [67] The power Sejanus attained in his capacity as prefect proved Maecenas right in his prediction to Augustus, that it was dangerous to allow one man to command the guard. Paulus himself was executed as a conspirator in a revolt at some point between 1AD and 14AD, and may have been involved in earlier conspiracies. BookOneLV He doubted the authenticity of some of Julius Caesars extant speeches. Lucius Aelius Sejanus (c. 20 BC - 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (), 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. See Bingham, p. 39. BookTwoLXII Augustus married Antonys step-daughter Claudia. Aemilius Lepidus, Marcus, Lepidus the Younger, (d. 30BC), was the only child of triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. BookEightII Vespasian proposed he was refused public burial. BookSevenVIII Galba was elected to the Sodales Augustales an order of priests instituted by Tiberius to maintain the cult of Augustus and the Iulii. This gives the clue of how to take what is to follow and consists of a conversation between Punch and the Hangman, opening with the question 'Is this same Sejanus to go out of the World like a Man, or to die the Death of a mad Dog? BookFourXII Caligula supposedly wished to avenge her death. Caligula later retrieved her ashes and honoured her in Rome. In 14 ce, upon the accession of Tiberius, he joined his father, Seius Strabo, as prefect of the emperors household troops, the Praetorian Guard, and became sole prefect a year or two later. The tomb was ultimately lost some time in the 4th century AD. 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. [15] With these changes in effect, Sejanus now commanded the complete loyalty of a force of around 12,000 soldiers, all of which were at his immediate disposal. [The story should be read with caution. Timon of Athens (The Life of Tymon of Athens) is a play written by William Shakespeare and probably also Thomas Middleton in about 1606. Aesculapius was a god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek and Roman religion. Annius Cimber, Titus was a rhetorician who affected the style of Thucydides. Eques prin natere, Sejanus a ajuns prefect al Grzii Pretoriene, pe care a condus-o din anul 14 d.Hr pn n anul 31 d.Hr. His maternal grandparents were Augustus and his second wife Scribonia. BookFourXV Caligula included her and her sisters in the wording of formal oaths. 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). 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. 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. Subsequently Lepidus was accused of usurping power in Sicily and of attempted rebellion and was forced into exile at Circeii. Aurelia Cotta (120BC - 54BC) was the mother of Julius Caesar. He was the son of Marcius and Pompilia, the daughter of Numa Pompilius the second king. Popular in Ancient Rome, the farces were usually played after longer items such as pantomime. BookFourXXXVI Caligula was rumoured to have had sexual intercourse with him. The Romans took the town in 123BC and expanded it into an important city, with a canal link to the Mediterranean in 104BC. Marsh believes that L. Arruntius,legate of Spain from 23/24 . This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lucius-Aelius-Sejanus, Ancient History Encyclopedia - Biography of Sejanus. He was stripped of all his offices except that of Pontifex Maximus. Apollophanes, one of Sextus Pompeys admirals. During his consulship, Julius Caesar bribed him for his support. His brother Euphorbus was physician to King Juba II of Numidia. BookFourXV Caligula interred the ashes of his mother Agrippina the Elder and brother Nero in the Mausoleum of Augustus. One however sees a completely different outcome with the official "children" Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene, and Ptolemy. [12], When Strabo was assigned to the governorship of Egypt in AD 15, Sejanus became the sole commander of the Praetorians and instigated reforms that helped shape the guard into a powerful tool of the principate. Aricia was one of the oldest cities of ancient Latium, and as the leader of the Latin League was a serious opponent of Rome during the early days of the Roman Republic. [11] Augustus was careful however to uphold the republican veneer of this regime, and only allowed nine cohorts to be formed (one fewer than in a normal Roman legion), which were inconspicuously scattered across various lodging houses in the city, and commanded by two prefects. He was a friend of Augustus and an opponent of Tiberius, who had him arrested in 30. Cicero stated that Pompey would joke about Balbus, that he was not a person of any importance. 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 the son of Antiochus III who died in 17AD, when Tiberius agreed that Commagene become a part of the province of Syria. Brother of Marcus Livius Drusus (tribune) and son of Marcus Livius Drusus (censor), he was adopted into the Aemilii Lepidi. As early as AD 20, Sejanus had sought to solidify his connection with the imperial family by betrothing his daughter Junilla to the son of Claudius, Claudius Drusus. Sejanus sends word to have the head removed and the prank discovered. He is best known for being the lover of Julia the Elder. Sent to administer Transalpine Gaul, he ultimately brought his army back to Rome, where he was defeated by Catulus in a pitched battle on the Campus Martius. 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