BookSevenXLIII Vitellius deferred accepting the title Augustus. Amidst suspicions of conspiracy against Tiberius, Sejanus was arrested and executed . Albano is located in the area in which, according to the legend, Aeneass son, Ascanius, founded Alba Longa. He was raised to the throne by those Parthians who refused to acknowledge Vonones I, whom Augustus had sent from Rome (where he lived as hostage) to succeed his father Phraates IV. BookTwoXVIII Augustus also consecrated the site of his camp. Agrippina was married to . In June of 71AD he was replaced by Vespasians eldest son Titus. The Praetorian Guard was an elite unit of the Roman army formed by Augustus in 27 BC, with the specific function to serve as a bodyguard to the emperor and members of the imperial family. BookThreeV Tiberius born during his second consulship in 42BC. During Neros reign he was banished from Rome after a forgery charge. n. l. - 18. jna 31 m) byl velitel pretorinsk gardy a na krtk as druh nejmocnj mu ma.Seianus slouil v pretorinsk gard u za vldy csae Augusta, ale teprve za vldy csae Tiberia zaala jeho hvzdn karira". BookTwoLVII Augustus funded and dedicated a statue of Apollo Sandalarius in the shoemakers ward in Rome. BookTwoLIV His nomination of Augustus enemy Lepidus to the Senate. However, he died at Misenum before he could set out for Rome. Here Augustus, abandoning writing his tragedy, has his hero fall on his sponge rather than his sword, i.e. This office he carried on dutifully and without incident until the death of Augustus in AD 14. BookFiveI BookFiveIV The mother of Claudius. However, she was a virgin, and as such couldn't be legally executed, so she was raped with the rope around her neck and then strangled." 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. BookTwoVIII BookTwoXIII He formed the Second Triumvirate, with Octavian and Lepidus. Sejanus was the son of Lucius Sejus Strabo, an equite who became praetorian prefect under Octavian Augustus. Apollophanes, one of Sextus Pompeys admirals. [74][75] His fall is elaborated upon by Seneca the Younger, in his letter to Cordus' daughter Marcia To Marcia, On Consolation. In 16BC, she married the Roman general and consul Nero Claudius Drusus the Elder, the stepson of her uncle Augustus, second son of Livia Drusilla and brother of future Emperor Tiberius. BookSixXI His play The Fire performed for Nero. [10] Furthermore, their presence served as a constant reminder to the people and the Senate of the substantial armed force which served as the basis for the imperial power. During the civil war, Gaius was a legate of Julius Caesar (49BC), and entrusted, with Publius Cornelius Dolabella, with the defence of Illyricum against the Pompeians. Agamennon was a Greek king, leader of the army at Troy in Homers Iliad. Antistius was a physician who examined Caesars body after his assassination. His childhood nickname was Becco. 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. Octavians victory enabled him to consolidate his power over Rome and its dominions. She had a brother, Marcus Arrecinus Clemens, who also served as Praetorian Prefect in 70AD under Vespasian. In AD 31, despite his equestrian rank, Sejanus shared the consulship with Tiberius in absentia,[41] and finally became betrothed to Livilla. Lucius Aelius Sejanus, commonly known as Sejanus, was an ambitious soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. He appears to have fallen victim to Domitian. BookFourXV Caligula included her and her sisters in the wording of formal oaths. Arrecina Tertulla (d. 62/63AD) was the first wife of the Emperor Titus, and daughter of Marcus Arrecinus Clemens, Praetorian Prefect in 38 under Caligula. 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. The Romans seized Ischia (and Naples) in 322BC. BookThreeXI Augustus was ill in 6BC, delaying Tiberius voyage to Rhodes. The journey of Aeneas from Troy (with help from Aphrodite), which led to the founding of the city Rome, is recounted in Virgils Aeneid. Lepida married, by 13AD, Appius Junius Silanus. David Wishart's Sejanus (London, 1998) features Marcus Corvinus, and James Mace's Empire Betrayed: The Fall of Sejanus (2013) focused on a military colleague, Aulus Nautius Cursor.[101]. [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. In 17th century France, the fall of the powerful Cardinal Mazarin was celebrated in a political pamphlet that also drew parallels with the career of Sejanus, L'Ambitieux ou le portraict d'Aelius Sejanus en la personne du Cardinal Mazarin (Paris, 1642). BookThreeXLVIII Tiberius paid a bounty to those Praetorian guards and Syrian legions who did not acknowledge Sejanus. By AD 23, Sejanus was a power in the city. Apparently the boy would dedicate his childhood clothes at the lararium. BookSixLIII Nero flatteringly acclaimed as his equal in music. Lucius Aelius Sejanus (c. 20 BC 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (/sdens/),[1] was a Roman soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. 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. Unfortunately, Drusus died of asphyxiation in his early teens, shortly after becoming engaged to Junilla, the daughter of Sejanus. In spite of his reputation, however, he was elected tribune in 71BC, praetor in 66BC, and finally consul with Cicero in 63BC. Afranius, Lucius was a comic poet, who lived at the beginning of the 1st century BC. Agrippa traveled to Mytilene on Lesbos, from which he administered affairs in the East. [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. Atellan farces, also known as the Oscan Plays were a collection of vulgar farces, containing lots of low comedy and rude jokes. BookOneLXXXVIII He decreed games to celebrate Caesars deification in 42BC. BookThreeVII He co-funded the young Tiberius gladiatorial contests in honour of his father and grandfather. Annius Milo Papianus, Titus was a political agitator, the son of Gaius Papius Celsus, but adopted by his maternal grandfather, Titus Annius Luscus. 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. With her as an accomplice, Drusus was slowly poisoned and died of seemingly natural causes on September 13, 23AD. Season 1. BookTwoLXIX BookTwoLXX He accused Augustus of various adulteries and debaucheries. His daughter was, infamously, raped first as it was forbidden to execute a virgin. The town was formally established as a colony for veterans of the Roman legion Legio VI Ferrata. BookOneIX Conspires with Julius Caesar in 65BC. 40th year of the reign of Imperator Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus and validation of Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus to the position of Princeps. In 60, he was involved in a forgery case which discredited him, though he escaped punishment. Sometime early in the reign, Tiberius allowed him to concentrate the praetorian guard, who had previously been . He commanded the fleet at Misenum in 60AD, and was employed by Nero to murder Agrippina, his mother. BookFourXXIII Caligula accused Livia of being of low birth. 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. 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 last campaign initiated the conquest of the upper Danube region, which would become the Roman province of Pannonia in 13BC. He rejects mankind and goes to live in a cave. [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. [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. While Agamemnon was absent on his expedition against Troy, Aegisthus seduced Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon, and impiously offered thanks to the gods for the crime. BookFourXXIII Caligula refused to allow the annual victory celebration. Aemilius Lepidus, Marcus, Lepidus the Younger, (d. 30BC), was the only child of triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. His brother was Lucius. BookSixXXXIX Aeneas carried his father on his shoulders from the ruins of Troy. BookTwoXII BookThreeIV Antony fled to join him after Mutina. Nero, who was Germanicus's grandson not son, wasn't born for another fifteen years or so after Claudius Drusus was betrothed to Sejanus's daughter Aelia Junilla. However, he realised that an outright condemnation could provoke Sejanus to attempt a coup. Most historical documentation of Tiberius' revenge is given by Suetonius and Tacitus; their portrayal of a tyrannical, vengeful emperor has been challenged by several modern historians. Aelia Paetina was the daughter of the consul of 4AD, Sextus Aelius Catus. To these Augustus shows mercy he puts them up with Octavia. In the Vologases inscription, Vologases I the Parthian king is recorded, in the 11th year of his reign (c. 62AD), as having battled Kuluk, king of the Alani. It is likely that Sejanus' father Strabo came to the attention of Augustus through his father's connection with Maecenas. Lepidus mother was Junia Secunda, a sister to Marcus Junius Brutus. BookOneLXXIX He attempted to crown Caesar in 44BC. It lies in present-day southwest France, where it gives its name to the modern region of Aquitaine. Augustus studied in Apollonia in 45BC - 44BC under the tutelage of Athenodorus of Tarsus; it was there that he received news of Caesars murder. Barbara Levick says that Sejanus must have murdered Drusus in self-defense because only Tiberius stood between the Praetorian Prefect and the end of his career at the hands of Drusus. [45] Unfortunately the relevant section pertaining to this period in the Annals of Tacitus has been lost. The Praetorians also resorted to looting when they were accused of having conspired with the former prefect. One of his wives was Cosconia Gallita, sister of Servius Cornelius Lentulus Maluginensis (suffect consul in AD 10) and Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio (suffect consul in AD 2). BookTwoXVI Mentioned, commanding off Sicily c. 36BC. Since the death of Germanicus, Drusus had been openly groomed as the successor of his father, successfully commanding legions in Illyricum in AD 18,[22] and sharing the consulship with Tiberius in AD 21. BookThreeIV Tiberius father, Tiberius Nero, established a colony of Caesars veterans there. Was a similar instance of a convicted persons offspring (maybe an adult) also being executed recorded during the Republic? He succeeded Augustus, who founded the Julio-Claudian dynasty. [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. 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 BookFourXXIV BookFourXXIX She and her sister Livilla were exiled by Caligula. BookFiveXXVI BookFiveXXIX BookFiveXXXIX The fourth wife of Claudius. BookFiveXIII Asinius Gallus was his grandson. On October 24, Sejanus' eldest son Strabo was arrested and executed. His father, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, had been involved in a rebellion against the Republic which led to his death. Some post-Homeric sources claim that in order to keep Achilles safe from the Trojan War, he was concealed at the court of Lycomedes, king of Skyros. Aborigines, a term used here for the indigenous population of Latium. It was the capital therefore of the Ptolemaic Empire of Egypt. No Executing Virgins. Prime Minister Robert Walpole was attacked in 1735 in the course of a popular skit, C----- and country: A play of seven actsthe whole concluding with the grand masque, call'd, The downfall of Sejanus; its authorship is attributed to 'a masquerader' and in the printed version the masque precedes the play, although it is performed last. 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. [48] He stepped down as consul, forcing Sejanus to do the same[49] and conferred an honorary priesthood upon Caligula, rekindling popular support for the house of Germanicus. In 54 AD, elderly and lame from birth Emperor Claudius is writing his biography and the history of his family. When Tiberius withdrew to Capri in AD 26, Sejanus was left in control of the administration of the empire. You may accept or manage cookie usage at any time. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lucius-Aelius-Sejanus, Ancient History Encyclopedia - Biography of Sejanus. [3], The adoptive family of Sejanus counted two consuls among their ranks: Quintus Aelius Tubero (consul in 11 BC) and Sextus Aelius Catus (consul in AD 4), who was the father of Aelia Paetina, the second wife of the future Emperor Claudius. At dawn, he entered the Senate; while the letter was being read, Macro assumed control of the Praetorian Guard, and members of the vigiles, led by Publius Graecinius Laco, surrounded the building. Updates? Tiberius variously announced that he would arrive in Rome the next day or that he was at the point of death. The remaining children of Sejanus, Capito Aelianus and Junilla, were executed in December of that year. [79] This reviews the destruction of his statues after the damnatio memoriae judgment and reflects on the fickleness of public opinion. 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. In 30AD, at Tiberius instigation, the Senate declared Gallus a public enemy (Cassius Dio 58.3). It was not until after Tiberius death in 37AD that the temple was completed and dedicated by Caligula, who bridged over it to join the Palace to the Capitol. With Apicata, Sejanus had two sons, Strabo and Capito Aelianus, and a daughter, Junilla. Amidst suspicions of conspiracy against Tiberius, Sejanus was arrested and executed, along with his followers. [27], The loss of his son was a major blow to Tiberius, personally and politically. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, is the target of an anonymous manuscript Roman tragedy, The Emperors Favourite. 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. BookFiveXXVI Aemilia Lepida was his great-grandaughter. [87] The story of Sejanus, with reference to the Earl's imprisonment in the Tower on a charge of treason, is interpreted as an argument for absolute monarchy, direct rule without the intermediary of politicians. 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. BookFiveXLV Claudius died during his consulship. Aesius Proculus was a leading centurions son noted for his good looks. While the Praetorian Guard was formally established under Emperor Augustus, Sejanus introduced a number of reforms which saw the unit evolve beyond a mere bodyguard into a powerful and influential branch of the government involved in public security, civil administration and ultimately political intercession; these changes had a lasting impact on the course of the Principate. Tiberius, repeatedly warned by his sister-in-law Antonia of Sejanuss designs, had him arrested and executed. The remaining children of Sejanus, Capito Aelianus and Junilla, were executed in December of that year. BookTwoLXII Augustus married Antonys step-daughter Claudia. [9] Much more than a guard however, the Praetorians also managed the day-to-day care of the city, such as general security and civil administration. BookThreeLV BookThreeLXV BookFourXII BookFiveVI Tiberius brought about his downfall. [55] The remaining children of Sejanus, Capito Aelianus and Junilla, were executed in December of that year. 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. Children traumatised by the execution of their parents often become embittered adults, and Tiberius was not about to allow enemies to flourish under his nose. Asinius Gallus Salonius, Gaius (d. 33AD) was the son of Pollio, and consul in 8BC, and proconsul of Asia in 6/5BC. Their son Drusus the Younger was born in 13BC. Aemilius Papus, Lucius was praetor for Sicily in 205BC. BookEightVI The legions sent to Moesia rebelled there in 69AD. When Tiberius withdrew to Capri in 26, Sejanus became de facto ruler of the empire. You have a good point there. 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. BookThreeLVIII Tiberiuss abuse of the law of lese-majesty regarding Augustus. Their only child was their daughter Claudia Antonia, born in 30AD. Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius (c. 63BC 12BC) was a close friend, and defence minister of the future emperor Augustus. Antistius, Lucius, was a tribune of the people, and a member of the gens Antistia a well-known plebeian family. 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