BookTwoXXVIII His charge that Augustus was an obstacle to restoring the Republic. BookTwoLXXXI He treated Augustus after the Cantabrian Campaign, possibly for typhoid fever for which cold fomentations are a rational treatment, rather than liver abscess. Julia bore Balbus three daughters all named Atia of whom the second was Atia Balba Caesonia, mother of Octavia Minor (fourth wife of triumvir Mark Antony) and of first Emperor Augustus. Popular in Ancient Rome, the farces were usually played after longer items such as pantomime. BookTwoXVI Mentioned as being on Octavians staff in Sicily. 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. Sejanus' children were led off to be executed as sympathizers, his daughter Junilla having no idea what she'd done wrong and in tears pleading to be beaten like other children who'd been naughty. 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. If not, at what point did it become acceptable to kill innocents because of their parents actions? After Caesars murder, he proposed an agrarian law in favor of the people and Caesars veterans, and took part in the operations at Mutina (43BC). BookThreeVIII Tiberius acted as advocate with Augustus presiding. It shows that one's child may escape your death sentence even in the Roman World. BookTwoXVI Mark Antonys taunting of Augustus regarding Naulochus. 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. She married a praetor, Gaius Julius Caesar III, the father of the dictator. BookThreeXXV His slave Clemens pretended to be him after his dath, and gained a following, but was trapped and executed by Tiberius. The camp was purged of mutineers by the Praetorians and the legions returned to the winter barracks. 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. His most important literary work was the Libri posteriores a systematic exposition of the common law. BookOneL Caesar described by Pompey as an Aegisthus. BookTwoXI He suggested that Augustus murdered Hirtius in battle. BookFourXV Caligula interred the ashes of his mother Agrippina the Elder and brother Nero in the Mausoleum of Augustus. BookTwoXLIII His grandson Aeserninus was injured in the Troy Game, which led Asinius to complain to Augustus. [52] The senators at first congratulated Sejanus, but when the letter, which initially digressed into completely unrelated matters, suddenly denounced him and ordered his arrest, he was immediately apprehended and imprisoned in the Tullianum. He became governor of Macedonia, where he made himself so detested that he was forced to leave the province. BookFourXIV He courted Caligulas favour. [54] Following the issue of damnatio memoriae by the Senate, Sejanus' statues were torn down and his name obliterated from all public records, even from coins, as in the one pictured opposite. BookFourLVII Fortunas worship at Antium included a celebrated oracle, only slightly less famous than the oracle of Fortuna Primigenia at Praeneste. BookSixXI His play The Fire performed for Nero. BookFourXXVI Grandfather of Ptolemy of Mauretania. Albia Terentia was the emperor Othos mother. So I guess the girls when they were married, they became a woman? [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. [25], When this failed, it seems Sejanus turned his attention toward eliminating Drusus. Milo was condemned by 38 votes to 13, and went into exile at Massilia (Marseille), his property being sold by auction. [42] His birthday was publicly observed and statues were erected in his honour. Agrippina and Livilla were exiled by their brother to the Pontine Islands. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [82] The prudent need for anonymity is suggested by the arrest of Sir John Eliot, who was sent to the Tower of London for his outspoken criticism of the Duke in the 1626 parliament, comparing him to Sejanus. A theme throughout the Annals is Sejanus' antagonism towards Agrippina, indicated as early as 1.69. Claudius was a brother of Germanicus. The law was introduced by the suffect consuls of that year, Marcus Papius Mutilus and Quintus Poppaeus Secundus, though they themselves were unmarried. He is the most celebrated member of the Argead Dynasty and created one of the largest empires in ancient history. For a time the most influential and feared citizen of Rome, He fell from power in 31AD, the year of his consulship. On the promontory was an ancient temple of Apollo Actius, which was enlarged by Augustus (Octavian) who also renewed the quinquennial games known as Actia or Ludi Actiaci. 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). Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. BookFourXXXIII An incident involving him described. BookThreeX Her son by Tiberius, Drusus the Younger. 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. BookTwoVIII BookTwoXIII He formed the Second Triumvirate, with Octavian and Antony. [68] Cassius Dio notes that after Sejanus, no other prefect except Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, who commanded the Guard under Septimius Severus, would rise to such influence. BookSixXLIV Nero intended to equip his concubines as Amazons for his Gallic campaign. The dramatist Ben Jonson borrowed from the poem for some passages in his Sejanus: His Fall. He was politically allied to Sulla, but once the dictator had resigned in 79BC, Lepidus attempted to undermine the Sullan constitution. Little is known about the life Sejanus led prior to this date, but according to Tacitus, he accompanied Gaius Caesar, adopted son of Augustus, during his campaigns in Armenia in 1 BC. BookSixLIII Nero flatteringly acclaimed as his equal in music. BookTwoXXV He was granted the right to fly the blue ensign, off Sicily. BookThreeIV Tiberius father, Tiberius Nero, established a colony of Caesars veterans there. 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. 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. On the approach of Octavian, he retired to Perusia in Etruria, where he was besieged by three armies, and compelled to surrender (40BC). BookOneXXXIV Defeated by Caesar in Spain. Sejanus Quotes. BookSevenVI Galba was governor of Aquitania for almost a year. 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. 40th year of the reign of Imperator Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus and validation of Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus to the position of Princeps. [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. Ultimately, however, they did not get married due to the fact that a few days later Claudius Drusus died of asphyxia. BookFourVIII Altars to her child-bearing in Gaul. In AD 29 Sejanus orchestrated the trial of Germanicus' widow, Agrippina the Elder, and her sons Drusus and Nero, on a charge . [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. Iullus became praetor in 13BC, consul in 10BC and Asian proconsul in 7BC, and was highly regarded by Augustus. He himself was ruler of the Cantiaci of eastern Kent, and was deposed and exiled by his father c. 40AD. His uncle was one of the more powerful and prestigious military men. BookFiveXI Claudius made By Augustus his most sacred oath. Livia was the first Roman Empress and third wife of Augustus. A daughter of Rutilia and Lucius Aurelius Cotta, her father was consul in 119BC and her paternal grandfather of the same name was consul in 144BC. [27], The loss of his son was a major blow to Tiberius, personally and politically. Amazons were a nation of all-female warriors in Classical mythology. News arrives that when the head was removed a huge snake leapt from the statue. BookOneLXXXIII Inherited three quarters of Caesars estate, and was adopted into Caesars family under the terms of Caesars will. BookOneLXXIX It was rumoured that Caesar might remove from Rome to Alexandria. 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. BookOneXXIII He attempted to bring Julius Caesar to trial. He is best known for being the lover of Julia the Elder. 20 Sep. 1976. Listen and learn how to say Sejanus correctly historical figure of Ancient Rome) with Julien, "how do you pronounce" free pronunciation audio/video tutorials. 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. Armenia is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. 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. Sejanus, in full Lucius Aelius Sejanus, (died 31 ce), chief administrator of the Roman Empire for the emperor Tiberius, alleged murderer of Tiberiuss only son, Drusus Caesar, and suspect in a plot to overthrow Tiberius and become emperor himself. This is the oldest peripteral (possessing a row of columns on each side) Doric temple in the world. She died in 20AD, a few days after the ovation of her son Drusus, on 28 May. I guess they have a cerimony for that sort of thing. A praetor in 49BC, he ran Rome while Caesar defeated Pompey in Spain, and was rewarded with the consulship in 46BC after the defeat of the Pompeians in the East. Aegisthus, in Greek mythology was the son of Thyestes and of his daughter, Pelopia. Antistius was a physician who examined Caesars body after his assassination. [46] According to Juvenal, a letter was sent from Capri with orders to execute Sejanus without a trial. BookFourXXXVI Caligula was rumoured to have had sexual intercourse with him. 60-65 In 27BC the Senate awarded him the honorific Augustus (the revered one). [50] The ensuing confusion was successful in alienating Sejanus from many of his followers. It was the capital therefore of the Ptolemaic Empire of Egypt. Atalanta, was a huntress in Greek mythology who joined Meleager and other heroes in the Calydonian Boar Hunt. He twice visited Rome as an ambassador from Rhodes, and Marcus Tullius Cicero (who visited him during his trip to Greece in 79BC - 77BC) and Gaius Julius Caesar both took lessons from him. [90], Elsewhere in Europe there were other dramatic adaptations of the story. BookThreeXLVII His support for marriage, and the fathering of children. Aetna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. Situated at the junction of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, and therefore a gateway to Parthia, the Kingdom of Armenia, under the Artaxiad Dynasty, was made a Roman protectorate by Pompey in 66/65 BC. Temenos simply means sacred space. Next to Delphi, Didyma was the most renowned oracle of the Hellenic world, and is mentioned in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. For a time the most influential and feared citizen of Rome, Sejanus suddenly fell from power in AD 31, the year his career culminated with the consulship. BookTwoXXXI Lepidus held the office of Pontifex Maximus, the Chief Priesthood, from 44BC to his death. After Augustus death Roman historians claimed that Agrippas journey to Mytilene was a self-imposed exile as a result of Augustus preference for his own nephew Marcellus. BookThreeXLII Tiberius rewarded him extravagantly for penning a dialogue. Acilius, Gaius, was a soldier who distinguished himself in the naval battle off Massilia (Marseilles). The city was destroyed but his life was spared, and he was sent by Octavian to Spain as governor. Didyma was the largest and most significant sanctuary near the great classical city of Miletus. The town was formally established as a colony for veterans of the Roman legion Legio VI Ferrata. Her mother Rutilia, was a member of the gens Rutilius cognominated Rufus. BookThreeXX Augustus presided over Tiberius Illyrian triumph in 12AD. Strabo married into equally illustrious families. He interceded on behalf of the young Julius Caesar. In 30AD, at Tiberius instigation, the Senate declared Gallus a public enemy (Cassius Dio 58.3). 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. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lucius-Aelius-Sejanus, Ancient History Encyclopedia - Biography of Sejanus. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Autronius conspired with Catiline to murder the new consuls, but the plot collapsed when Catiline gave the signal before all the conpirators were assembled. [ 23] BookOneVII His statue in the temple of Hercules (Heracles) in Cadiz. BookTwoL Augustus second seal-ring carried a head of Alexander. Posthumous The youngest son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (daughter and only biological child of Augustus), Posthumous Agrippa was even considered to be the heir of Emperor Augustus, but in 6 AD, instead, he banished him from Romefor unknown reasons. Seianus dky dvrnmu vztahu s csaem . BookTwoLXII Augustus married Antonys step-daughter Claudia. BookFourIV Augustus had ordered Tiberius to adopt Germanicus. By 2. After the divorce, in 11BC she married Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, a Senator and son of the orator Asinius Pollio. BookSevenXXXVI A Roman colony, named after the Vitelli, was defended against them by the Vitelli. The Battle of Actium was fought between the forces of Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, on 2 September 31BC, in the Ionian Sea nearby. It is likely that Sejanus' father Strabo came to the attention of Augustus through his father's connection with Maecenas. 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