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Cnacus Antoninus is a Roman senator at the end of I is century, born around 30 and died after 105, consul suffect In 69 under Vitellius and in 97 under Nerva, of which he is near and a devoted friend. He is a correspondent for Pliny the young and he is the maternal grandfather of the future Emperor Antonin the pious.

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He was born around the year 30/31 [ first ] , under the reign of Tiberius. I’ History Augustus describes him as an “impeccable man”, like Pliny the Younger [ 2 ] , [ 3 ] , [ 4 ] . His wife is Servilia Plotia Isaurica [ 2 ] .

He has a first girl, Arria Antonina Who épouse le fils du sénateur Romain June June Paetus (consul suffect). Ils ont peut-être un fils, Lucius Caesennius Antoninus, consul suffect in 128 [ 5 ] .

He has a second daughter Arrida Fadilla Who épouge Titus Aurelius yellow, consul suffect In 89 and son of Titus Aurelius Fulvus, twice consuls, the second consulate being eponymous in the year 85 alongside the Emperor Domitian, and prefect of Rome.

Il a un demands-fils, Cnacus arrius augur, consul en 121.

Of the union between Arrida Fadilla Aurelius yellow naît a fils; Titus Bulgus Boionius Antoninus , born the in Lanuvium, in Latium, which becomes the emperor Antonin the pious [ 2 ] .

His daughter, widowed at the end of the reign of Domitian, remarried after his death at the consular suffect from 98 Publius Iulius Lupus, and the couple has a daughter, Iulia Fadilla [ 2 ] .

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The future Antonin is raised by his stepfather [ 6 ] , as well as by his grandparents, to Laurel , on the Aurélienne path [ 2 ] .

During his reign, Antonin the pious aged of the statues awarded to his ancestors [ 7 ] .

Family of Aurelii At the time of Flavians and Antonins. Non -exhaustive tree.

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Nerva bust, Roman emperor between 96 and 98.

In 69, in July and August, during the year of the four emperors, he was consul suffect . It was then AULUS Vitellius the emperor for a few months.

Around 78, at the end of the reign of Vespasian, he became proconsul of Asia.

He is very close to Nerva during his accession to the throne in September 96: “The Senate received him in the curia with congratulations; But only of all, Arrius Antoninus, man of an energetic franchise and his most devoted friend, speaks to him with wisdom the fate of those who govern, and said, after having kissed him, that he congratulated the Senate, the people and the provinces, but not Nerva, which has always been happier to elude the fury of the bad princes, than to have to support such a heavy, such a heavy burden [ 8 ] ». The fact that he complains his friend Nerva of the charge granted to him is also reported by the History Augustus [ 2 ] . He is a second time consul suffect In 97 under the short reign of his friend.

He is the oldest consular in the Senate after the death of Silius Italicus around 101 [ first ] , and he is still alive aged 75 or 76 years around 105-106 [ 9 ] .

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He is a Pliny correspondent young [ ten ] , the latter covers him with praise in one of his Letters : “You were worthy of the great men of yesteryear […] You are the first citizen of our city by your moral rigor, your authority [ 3 ] , [ 4 ] ».

In addition, he writes epigrams in Greek, which Pliny the young admires and tries to transcribe into Latin [ 11 ] , [ twelfth ] .

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  1. ↑ a et b Annette Flobert, Pliny letters , Flammarion, 2002, p. 149.
  2. ↑ a b c d e and f History Augustus , Life of Antonin the Pious, 1 .
  3. ↑ a et b Annette Flobert, Pliny letters , Flammarion, 2002, pp. 149-150, “4, 3 – a surrender Antoninus.”
  4. ↑ a et b Pliny the young, Letters , IV , 3.
  5. ↑ Francis Slipper , “Dynastic mourning and urban topography in Rome Antonine. II. Temples of the Diui and the Diua of the Antonine Dynasty ” , In Rome, the Césars and the City , University Press of Rennes ( read online ) , p. 343–380
  6. ↑ Anthony Birley, Mark Aurel Monachii, 1977, p. 420.
  7. ↑ History Augustus , Life of Antonin the Pious, 5 .
  8. ↑ Pseudo-Aurelius Victor, Epitome of Caesars , XII – nerve .
  9. ↑ Annette Flobert, Pliny letters , Flammarion, 2002, pp. 149 and 211.
  10. ↑ Annette Flobert, Pliny letters , Flammarion, 2002, p. 461.
  11. ↑ Annette Flobert, Pliny letters , Flammarion, 2002, pp. 171 and 211, “4, 18 and 5, 25 – ARRIUS Antoninus.”
  12. ↑ Pliny the young, Letters , IV , 18 and IN , 15.

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