dablink See Roman Governor for the duties of a promagistrate as a governor of a province see Prorogatio for the legal procedure that led to the creation of promagistracies. Roman government A promagistrate lang la pro magistratu is a person who acts in and with the authority and capacity of a Roman Magistrates magistrate , but without holding a magisterial office. A legal innovation of the Roman Republic , the promagistracy was invented in order to provide Rome with governors of overseas territories instead of having to elect more magistrates each year. Promagistrates were appointed by senatus consultum like all acts of the Roman Senate , these appointments were not entirely legal and could be overruled by the Roman assemblies , e.g., the replacement of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus by Gaius Marius during the Jugurthine War . Promagistrates were usually either proquaestors acting in place of quaestor s , propraetors , acting in place of praetor s, or proconsuls acting in place of consul s. A promagistrate held equal authority to the equivalent magistrate, was attended by the same number of lictor s, and generally speaking had autocratic power within his province, be it territorial or otherwise. Promagistrates usually had already held the office in whose stead they were acting, although this was not mandatory. One should also mention here the procurator , a posting originally as a financial manager in a province, a position which held no magisterial power until Claudius ... a promagistrate was literally a lieutenant. Subsequently, when Pompey the Great Pompeius Magnus ... that he was not actually being appointed a promagistrate he was appointed to act not in place ... of imperium meant that an imperial magistrate or promagistrate had absolute authority within the competence of his office a promagistrate with imperium appointed to govern a province, therefore, had ... . The near limitless power of a high ranking promagistrate has led to the term proconsul being used ... more details
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citation style date January 2010 Gaius Calpurnius Piso was a Roman Republic Roman praetor and promagistrate. Biography He was taken prisoner at Battle of Cannae and, with two others, was sent to Ancient Rome Rome to negotiate the release of his fellow prisoners. However, the Senate refused to entertain the proposition. In 211 BC, he was made Praetor Praetor urbanus urban praetor and at the expiration of his year of office he made promagistrate of Etruria . In 209 BC, he was commanded by Roman dictator dictator Quintus Fulvius Flaccus to the command of an army at Capua Ancient era Capua . The following year he was once again entrusted as promagistrate of Etruria. While promagistrate he proposed to the Senate that the Apollinarian games be repeated on an annual basis. References SmithDGRBM ancientRome politician stub DEFAULTSORT Calpurnius Piso, Gaius Category Calpurnii Piso Caesoninus, Gaius Category 3rd century BC Romans ca Gai Calpurni Pis pretor 211 aC ... more details
Orphan date October 2010 Marcus Considius Nonianus was a praetor in the late Roman Republic , holding the office around 55 50 BC. In 49 BC, as Caesar s civil war civil war was breaking out , the Roman senate senate assigned him as promagistrate propraetor to succeed Julius Caesar in the Roman province province of Gallia Cisalpina Cisalpine Gaul . He served in Campania . A denarius , notable for its unique depiction of Venus mythology Epithets Venus Erycina , was minted by his contemporary Gaius Considius Nonianus C. Considius Nonianus but is sometimes misattributed to him. Sources Cicero , Pro Sestio 113 114 In Vatinium 38 Ad Atticum 8.11B.2 Ad familiares 16.12.3 Bobbio Scholiast 135 Thomas Stangl Stangl T.R.S. Broughton , The Magistrates of the Roman Republic , vol. 2, 99 B.C. 31 B.C. New York American Philological Association, 1952 , pp. 222, 261, 549. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Considius Nonianus, Marcus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION promagistrate propraetor of Gallia Cisalpina Cisalpine Gaul DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Considius Nonianus, Marcus Category 1st century BC Romans Category Roman governors of Gaul Category Roman Republican praetors AncientRome bio stub bg ... more details
Marcus Anneius was legatus legate of Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero during his government in Cilicia , in 51 BC. Anneius appears to have had some pecuniary dealings with the inhabitants of Sardis , and Cicero gave him a letter of introduction to the promagistrate propraetor Quintus Minucius Thermus propraetor 51 BC Quintus Minucius Thermus , that the latter might assist him in the matter. In Cicero s campaign against the Parthia ns in 50 BC, Anneius commanded part of the Roman troops. ref Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero , Epistulae ad Familiares xiii. 55, 57, xv. 4. ref ref Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , William Smith lexicographer William Smith , Editor. ref See also Anneia gens References reflist SmithDGRBM Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Anneius, Marcus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Anneius, Marcus Category 1st century BC Romans Ancient Rome bio stub es Marco Aneyo ... more details
The gens Centenia was a Ancient Rome Roman family in the time of the Second Punic War . It is best known from two individuals, Gaius Centenius , promagistrate propraetor in 217 B.C., whose cavalry force was defeated by Maharbal , and Marcus Centenius Penula , a veteran centurion distinguished for his bravery, who was granted a force to deal with Hannibal in Lucania , and was likewise defeated in 212. ref Polybius , The Histories Polybius The Histories , iii. 86. ref ref Livy Titus Livius , Ab Urbe Condita book Ab Urbe Condita , xxii. 8, xxv. 19. ref ref Appian us, Bellum Hannibalicum , 9 11, 17. ref ref Joannes Zonaras , Epitome Historiarum , viii. 25. ref ref Cornelius Nepos , Hannibal , 4. ref ref Paulus Orosius , Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri VII , iv. 16. ref See also List of Roman gentes Footnotes reflist SmithDGRBM Ancient Rome bio stub Category Roman gentes Category Ancient Roman families Category Prosopography of Ancient Rome bg ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Sextus Varius Marcellus was a Ancient Rome Roman of Equestrian Roman equestris class, but was later elevated to the rank of Roman Senate senator . Although he had little administrative experience he was related to Septimius Severus and the new emperor sent him to Roman Britain in 197 to assist Virius Lupus in rebuilding the province. Marcellus served as provincial Promagistrate procurator , collecting taxes, generally managing Britain s finances and possibly overseeing the appropriation of private land to the emperor s res privata . He married Julia Soaemias , and was the supposed father of Varius Avitus Bassianus, the later Roman Emperors Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known as Elagabalus . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Varius Marcellus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Varius Marcellus Category Ancient Romans in Britain Category Ancient Roman senators Category 2nd century Romans Category Royal Family of Emesa Category Syrian people Ancient Rome bio stub bg ca Sext Vari Marcel es Sexto Vario Marcelo it Sesto Vario Marcello la Sextus Varius Marcellus pt Sexto V rio Marcelo ru ... more details
wiktionary procurator Procurator with procuracy or procuratorate referring to the office itself may refer to Procurator Roman , the title of various officials of the Roman Empire List of Kings of Judea Roman Procurators Roman Procurators of Judaea Province , 44 132 AD Procurator Teutonic Knights , a position in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights Procurator of San Marco , the second most prestigious life appointment in the Republic of Venice Procurator fiscal , the public prosecutor in Scotland Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , chief counsel to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Promagistrate , an appointed position in the Roman Republic by the Senate, acting in place of a curator Public procurator , a position in some Civil law legal system Roman law systems, analogous to both detective and public prosecutor, including Procurator Russia , an office of the Russian Empire Prosecutor General of Russia Prosecutor General of Ukraine Procurator General of the Soviet Union Supreme People s Procuratorate , China Supreme People s Procuracy of Vietnam , an office of the Vietnamese government the head of one of the Nation university nations , regionally based separate corporate bodies in certain universities, most famously the medieval University of Paris . Procurator Catholic Church in a monastery, the monk or nun charged with administering its financial affairs Literature Procurator novel Procurator novel , an alternate history novel by Kirk Mitchell See also Procurator General disambiguation disambiguation sk Prokur tor sh Prokurator ... more details
Gaius Atinius served as military tribune in Gaul under the Roman consul consul Tiberius Sempronius Longus consul 194 BCE Tiberius Sempronius Longus in 194 BC. He is probably the same Gaius Atinius who served as praetor in 188, and received Hispania Ulterior as his province. He remained there as promagistrate propraetor , defeating the Lusitanians Lusitani , before being killed during the siege of Hasta in 186 BC. ref Livy Titus Livius , Ab Urbe Condita book Ab Urbe Condita xxxiv.46, xxxviii.35, xxxix.21. ref The historian Livy Titus Livius does not assign him a cognomen , but the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology indicates that he was one of the Atinii Labeones. He does not appear to have been the same man as Gaius Atinius Labeo praetor 195 BC Gaius Atinius Labeo , praetor peregrinus in 195 BC, nor the same as Gaius Atinius Labeo, praetor in Sicily Sicilia in 190. He may have been a brother of the Marcus Atinius who was slain in Gaul while serving as prefect praefectus socium under Sempronius in 194. ref Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , William Smith lexicographer William Smith , Editor. ref ref T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic 1952 . ref See also Atinia gens References reflist DEFAULTSORT Atinius, Gaius Category Ancient Roman politicians AncientRome politician stub ... more details
The gens Barbatia was a Ancient Rome Roman family during the 1st century BC. It may have originated with Marcus Barbatius Philippus , a runaway slave who became a friend of Julius Caesar Caesar , and subsequently obtained the praetor ship under Mark Antony Marcus Antonius . In 40 BC he was quaestor promagistrate propraetore under Antonius. ref Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero , Philippicae , xiii. 2. ref ref Appian us, Bellum Civile , v. 31. ref ref Ulpian Domitius Ulpianus , quoted in the Digest Roman law Digesta seu Pandectae , 1. tit. 14. s. 3. ref ref Suda , s. v. Barbarius Philippicus . ref See also List of Roman gentes References reflist SmithDGRBM Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Barbatia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Barbatia Category Roman gentes Category Ancient Roman families Category Prosopography of Ancient Rome Ancient Rome bio stub bg de Barbatius Philippus no Barbatia gens ... more details
Severan dynasty image Image Denarius Julia Mamea RIC 0335.jpg 300px caption Julia Mamaea on a denarius celebrating Felicitas Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus was a Syria Roman province Syrian who lived in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. He originally came from Arca Caesarea modern Arqa , Lebanon . Marcianus career had advanced to the Equestrian order and he became a Promagistrate . Marcianus married Julia Avita Mamaea , as her second husband. She was the second daughter of the powerful Roman Syrian woman Julia Maesa and the Syrian noble Julius Avitus . Her maternal aunt was Roman empress Julia Domna her maternal uncle in marriage was Roman emperor Lucius Septimius Severus her maternal cousins were Roman emperors Caracalla and Publius Septimius Geta and Julia was the maternal aunt to Roman emperor Elagabalus . Mamaea bore Marcianus two children, a daughter called Theoclia little is known of her and a son Marcus Julius Gessius Bassianus Alexianus, later emperor Alexander Severus 208 235 . His children were born and raised in Arca Caesarea. Marcianus most probably died, before his son became Roman emperor in 222. Sources German version of Wikipedia http www.severusalexander.com intro.htm Basic History http www.livius.org jo jz julia julia mamaea.html http www.forumancientcoins.com numiswiki view.asp?key Julia 20Mamaea Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Marcianus, Marcus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Marcianus, Marcus Category Ancient Roman equites Category 3rd century Romans Category 3rd century deaths Category Year of birth unknown Category Royal Family of Emesa Category Syrian people Ancient Rome bio stub bg ca Gessi Marci es Marco Julio Gesio Marciano it Marco Giulio Gessio Marciano ru ... more details
The gens Carisia was a Ancient Rome Roman family during the latter half of the 1st century BC The most famous member of the gens was Titus Carisius , who defeated the Astures in Hispania , and took their chief town, Lancia, circa 25 BC but in consequence of his cruelty and insolence, the Astures took up arms again in 22. ref Florus , Epitome de T. Livio Bellorum Omnium Annorum DCC libri duo , iv. 12. 55, ff. ref ref Paulus Orosius , Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri VII , vi. 21. ref ref Cassius Dio Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus , Roman History , liii. 25, liv. 5. ref There is a coin in which Titus Carisius is identified as moneyer triumvir monetalis , and another which mentions Publius Carisius, as legatus and promagistrate propraetor , together with the word Emerita , apparently referring to the town of Augusta Emerita in Lusitania , which the emperor Augustus established for the emeriti , veterans of the war in Hispania. From this it has been conjectured that the praenomen Titus , assigned to the conqueror of the Astures by Cassius Dio , should instead be Publius . ref Cassius Dio Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus , Roman History , liv. 26. ref ref Joseph Hilarius Eckhel , Doctrina Numorum Veterum , v. p. 162, ff. ref ref Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , William Smith lexicographer William Smith , Editor. ref See also List of Roman gentes Footnotes reflist SmithDGRBM Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Carisia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Carisia Category Roman gentes Category Ancient Roman families Category Prosopography of Ancient Rome Ancient Rome bio stub bg de Carisius ... more details
Infobox Person name Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus image image size caption birth name birth date c. 190 birth place death date c. 243 death place death cause resting place resting place coordinates residence other names known for education employer occupation party boards religion spouse Unknown partner children Tranquillina Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus c. 190 243 was a Roman knight who lived in the 3rd century and was the most important advisor to Roman Emperor Gordian III . Very little is known on his origins. Timesitheus was a Roman of Equestrian order equestrian rank. Life He started his career under the Severan dynasty emperor Elagabalus . Timesitheus held a number of important provincial postings. He was adept at finances and served in Spain as a Promagistrate . Between 218 222, the emperor promoted him and appointed him as Promagistrate Procurator of Arabia and from 220 he became a Prefect of the Cohort military unit Cohort s and held procuratorships in Syria , Palestine , Bithynia , Pontus , Paphlagonia , Asia Roman province Asia , Germania Inferior , Gallia Belgica , Gallia Aquitania and Gallia Lugdunensis . Timesitheus proved to be an able and efficient official. In 241 the Roman Emperor Gordian III was looking for a responsible person to serve as Praetorian Prefect and head of the Praetorian Guard . Gordian had picked Timesitheus and appointed him to the position. Timesitheus was an important, responsible and prominent figure in the emperor s reign and through his years of political experience was able to assist Gordian and Gordian s mother Antonia Gordiana in administering the Roman Empire . An example of Timesitheus suitability in his position is that of May 241, Timesitheus had arranged with Gordian to marry his daughter Tranquillina . The wife of Timesitheus is unknown. His daughter became a Roman Empress and her marriage to Gordian proved to be a very happy albeit short lived union. Timesitheus had proven to be a figure that wo ... more details
File Roman Empire Alpes Cottiennes.svg thumb 300px The Roman Empire ca. AD 117, with the province of Alpes Cottiae highlighted Alpes Cottiae was a Roman province province of the Roman Empire , one of three small provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy . Its name survives in the modern Cottian Alps . In antiquity, the province s most important duty was the safeguarding of communications over the Alpine passes. Alpes Cottiae was bordered by Gallia Narbonensis to the west, Alpes Maritimae to the south, Italia Roman province Italia to the east, and Alpes Graiae to the north. The provincial capital was at Segusio modern Susa, Italy Susa in Piedmont . The province had its origin in the kingdom controlled by Donnus , ruler of the local Ligures Ligurian tribes of the area in the middle of the 1st century BC, and was named after his son and successor Cottius , whose realm was integrated into the Roman imperial system under Caesar Augustus Augustus . Initially, Cottius and his own son of the same name after him continued to hold power as Client state client kings afterwards, under Nero a Promagistrate procurator was appointed and it officially became a Roman province. The governors of the province were prefect s from the Equestrian order . Settlements in Alpes Cottiae included Ad Fines Malano mansio , customs post Ocelum Celle oppidum , celtic village Ad Duodecimum S. Didier mutatio Segusio Susa, Italy Susa capital Venausio Venaus oppidum Excingomago Exilles oppidum,possible Donno s capital Caesao Goesao Cesana Torinese castrum Ad Martes Ultor late imperial Ulcense Oulx castrum Brigantium Brian on mansio Mons Matronae Mont Gen vre See also Cottius Donnus Cottian Alps References Tilmann Bechert Die Provinzen des r mischen Reiches Einf hrung und berblick . von Zabern, Mainz 1999. Bartolomasi Valsusa Antica . Alzani, 1975. Prieur La province romaine des Alpes Cottiennes , Lyon 1968. Roman provinces AD 117 coord missing France Category Ancient Roman provinc ... more details
Infobox cardinalstyles cardinal name Vincenzo Lapuma dipstyle His Eminence offstyle Your Eminence See none Vincenzo Lapuma January 22, 1874 &ndash November 4, 1943 was an Italy Italian Cardinal Catholicism Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church . He served as Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Religious from 1935 until his death, and was elevated to the Cardinal Catholicism cardinalate in 1935. Biography Vincenzo Lapuma was born in Palermo , and studied at the seminary in Palermo and at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare in Rome . He was Holy Orders ordained to the Priesthood Catholic Church priesthood on September 13, 1896, and then served as a professor at the same Athenaeum and as auditor ecclesiastical auditor of the Congregation for Bishops Sacred Congregation for Bishops and Regulars until 1908. Lapuma was raised to the rank of Monsignor Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on July 8, 1907, and became Undersecretary of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Sacred Congregation for Religious on February 16, 1916. After being made a Monsignor Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on November 20, 1917, he was named Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Religious on April 7, 1925. As Secretary, he served as the second highest official of that dicastery , successively under Cardinals Camillo Laurenti and Alexis L picier , Servite Order OSM . Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal Catholicism Cardinal Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano in the consistory of December 16, 1935. On December 22, 1935, Lapuma was appointed as Promagistrate Pro Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Religious, rising to become full Prefect on the following December 31. He was one of the Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 1939 cardinals who participated in the Papal conclave, 1939 1939 papal conclave that selected Pope Pius XII . Lapuma died in Rome, at age 69. He is buried in the ... more details
infobox cardinalstyles cardinal name Evaristo Lucidi dipstyle His Eminence offstyle Your Eminence See none Evaristo Lucidi October 4, 1866&mdash March 31, 1929 was an Italy Italian Cardinal Catholicism Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church . He served as Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura from 1916 to 1923, and was elevated to the Cardinal Catholicism cardinalate in 1923. Biography Evaristo Lucidi was born in Montefranco , and studied at the Pontifical Roman Seminary , Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare , and University of Rome La Sapienza University of Rome . Following his Holy Orders ordination to the Priesthood Catholic Church priesthood , he did Parish Catholic Church pastoral work in Rome , and served as Executive director director of the Institute of S. Girolamo degli Schiavoni for twenty years. Lucidi was raised to the rank of Monsignor Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on July 4, 1900. He was named Consultor adjunct for Provincial Councils on September 19, 1902, and Secretary of the Commission for the Revision of Provincial Councils on April 15, 1904. Before becoming a Pope papal prelate on March 20, 1926, Lucidi was made Assessor of the Congregation for the Clergy Sacred Congregation of the Council in 1905. He was named Promagistrate Pro secretary of the financial section of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith on October 20, 1908. On December 8, 1916, Lucidi was appointed Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura , as well as papal auditor ecclesiastical auditor and Palatinus Roman Catholic Church palatine prelate , by Pope Benedict XV . He was later named a protonotary apostolic on December 13, 1917. Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal Catholicism Cardinal Deacon of List of titular churches in Rome S. Adriano al Foro in the consistory of December 20, 1923 ref TIME Magazine. http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,717300.html At the Vatican December 31, 1923 ref . In 1924, the Cardi ... more details
Marcus Valerius Maximianus was an important Roman Empire Roman general of the period of the Marcomannic Wars during the reign of Marcus Aurelius . He was born year unknown in the Roman colony of Poetovio modern Ptuj , in Slovenia , where his father, also called Marcus Valerius Maximianus, was local Roman censor censor and priest. He was decorated for services in the Parthia n war of Lucius Verus and was appointed by Marcus Aurelius to ensure the armies in Pannonia were supplied by boats on the Danube . He was placed in charge of detachments of the praetorian fleets of Classis Misenensis Misenum and Classis Ravennatis Ravenna and also of African and Moorish cavalry used for scouting duties in Pannonia. While on active service with the cavalry he killed a Germanic chieftain named as Valao, chief of the Naristi with his own hand and was publicly praised by the Emperor, who granted him the chieftain s horse, decorations and weapons . Maximianus was appointed prefect of the lance bearing cavalry and was in charge of the cavalry on the expedition to Syria Roman province Syria to quell the revolt of Avidius Cassius in 175. He was then appointed Promagistrate procurator of Moesia Inferior at the same time he was given a command to drive out brigands from the borders of Macedonia Roman province Macedonia and Thrace . It appears he enjoyed Marcus Aurelius s confidence, for he was then successively procurator of Moesia Superior and Dacia Porolissensis , after which he was adlection adlected into the Roman Senate Senate with praetor ian rank. He commanded as legatus legate first Legio I Adiutrix , then Legio II Adiutrix , Legio V Macedonica , Legio XIII Gemina and Legio III Augusta an almost unprecedented series of legionary commands. He was in charge of the winter quarters at Laugaricio modern Tren n , in Slovakia , where the final battle of the Second Marcommanic War was fought, and was afterwards decorated for his services in the Sarmatian War by the Emperor Commodus . Afte ... more details
Commons category The Gens Vitellia or Vitelii were a gens in ancient Rome . It is also spelled Vitullius in inscriptions. In the time of Suetonius it was controversial between Aulus Vitellius supporter of the princeps and his enemies whether it was old and noble or recent and obscure, even plebeian. It would have originated as a diminutive of the cognomen Vitulus. The name of the Vitellii at least is old and their ancestry was said to date back to Faunus , king of the aboriginals, and Vitellia Suetonius, Vitellius 1 . Then, according to tradition, the family came from Sabini territory to Rome and were included among the patricians. As evidence for the existence of these early kings is the Via Vitellia from the Janiculum to the sea and a colonia Vitellia in Aequi territory. Citation needed date February 2011 Two brothers of Vitellii were among the chief supporters of Tarquinius Superbus s attempt to regain the throne their sister was the wife of the consul Lucius Junius Brutus . ref Livy , Ab urbe condita book Ab urbe condita , 2.4 ref On the other hand, Cassius Severus and others considered that the Vitellii were of low birth the founder of the gens was, they argued, a freedman who had a son with a prostitute, and that son only joined the equites because of his accumulated wealth Suet., Vitell.. 1 2 . Suetonius leaves the question of the gens s origins unanswered. See also Vitelli a 16th Century prominent family of Umbria who claimed relationship to the Vitellius gens Notable members Publius Vitellius the Elder Publius Vitellius , Promagistrate procurator Augustus Augusti Aulus Vitellius consul suffectus in 32 Aulus Vitellius , consul suffectus in 32 Quintus Vitellius , ex senator Publius Vitellius the Younger Publius Vitellius , officer under Germanicus Iulius Caesar Lucius Vitellius , three times consul and censor , also governor of Syria Lucius Vitellius the Younger Lucius Vitellius , consul in 48 and son of the former Vitellius Aulus Vitellius , emperor in 69 Vi ... more details
The gens Apronia was a plebs plebeian family at Ancient Rome Rome throughout the history of the Roman Republic Republic and into imperial times. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Gaius Apronius, tribune tribune of the plebs in 449 BC. None of the Apronii obtained the Roman consul consulship until the 1st century AD. ref name ReferenceA Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , William Smith lexicographer William Smith , Editor. ref Praenomina used by the gens The Apronii are known to have used the praenomen praenomina Gaius praenomen Gaius , Quintus praenomen Quintus , and Lucius praenomen Lucius . ref name ReferenceA Branches and cognomina of the gens The only cognomen associated with the Apronii is Caesianus , which is probably derived from the Roman naming conventions nomen of the gens Caesia , and may indicate descent from the Caesii through the female line. ref name ReferenceA Members of the gens Gaius Apronius, elected one of the tribune tribunes of the plebs on the abolition of the Decemviri decemvirate in 449 BC. ref Livy Titus Livius , Ab Urbe Condita book Ab Urbe Condita iii. 54. ref Quintus Apronius, the chief of the decumani in Sicily during the government of Verres 73 71 BC , was the target of Cicero s vituperation for his rapacity, sexual perversions, and varieties of wickedness. ref Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero , In Verrem ii. 44, iii. 9, 12, 21, 23. ref Lucius Apronius , Roman consul consul suffectus in AD 8, and subsequently proconsul in Africa Roman province Africa and promagistrate propraetor in Germania Inferior , where he was killed Citation needed May 2011 date May 2011 in a revolt of the Frisii . Apronia L. f., murdered by her husband, Marcus Plautius Silvanus , consul in 2 BC. ref Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus , Annales iv. 22. ref Apronia L. f., wife of Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus , consul in AD 26. ref Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus , Annales vi. 30. ref Lucius Apronius Caesianus Lucius Apr ... more details
Promagistrate Pro Nuncio to Cuba and Titular bishop Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana by John ... Hierarchy S start Succession box title Promagistrate Pro Nuncio to Cuba before Giulio Einaudi ... more details
This page lists rulers of the Hasmoneans Hasmonean Kingdom of Judea and its successor states from the Maccabees Maccabean Maccabees The revolt Rebellion to the final Roman Empire Roman annexations. Hasmonean Rebel Leaders 167 153 BC Judas Maccabeus 167 160 BC Jonathan Maccabaeus 160 153 BC Hasmonean High Priests and Kings 153 37 BC Jonathan Maccabaeus 153 142 BC Simon Maccabaeus 142 134 BC John Hyrcanus I 134 104 BC Aristobulus I also King 104 103 BC Alexander Jannaeus also King 103 76 BC Alexandra Salome Queen 76 67 BC John Hyrcanus II High Priest 76 66 and 63 40 BC Governor of the People 63 57 BC Ethnarch of Judaea 47 40 BC Aristobulus II 66 63 BC Antigonus II Mattathias Antigonus 40 37 BC Rule of the Five Synedrion Synedrion in Judea Synedria Synedria at Jerusalem , Gadara , Amathus, Jericho , and Sepphoris 57 47 BC Herodian Dynasty 47 BC AD 100 Antipater the Idumaean Procurator of Judaea 47 44 BC Herod the Great Governor of Galilee 47 44 BC Tetrarch of Galilee 44 40 BC Elected king of all Judaea by the Roman Senate 40 BC, reigned 37 4 BC Phasael Governor of Jerusalem 47 40 BC Pheroras Governor of Perea 20 5 BC Herod Archelaus Ethnarch of Judaea 4 BC AD 6 Herod Antipas Tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC AD 39 Philip the Tetrarch Tetrarch of Batanaea 4 BC AD 34 Salome I Toparch of Jabneh 4 BC AD 10 Livia Toparch of Jabneh AD 10 29 Agrippa I King of Batanaea AD 37 41 King of Galilee AD 40 41 King of all Judaea AD 41 44 Herod of Chalcis Tetrarch of Chalcis, Syria Chalcis AD ?? 48 Agrippa II Tetrarch of Chalcis AD 50 52 Tetrarch of Batanaea AD 52 100 The Administration of Iudaea Province Judaea AD 6 135 Tax Revolt of led by Judas of Gamala 6 Prefect Roman Prefects Coponius 6 9 Marcus Ambivulus 9 12 Annius Rufus 12 15 Valerius Gratus 15 26 Pontius Pilate 26 36 Marcellus, prefect of Judea Marcellus 36 37 Marullus, prefect of Judea Marullus 37 41 Promagistrate Roman Procurators Cuspius Fadus 44 46 Tiberius Julius Alexander 46 48 Ventidius Cumanus 48 52 Antonius Felix Marcus Anton ... more details
infobox cardinalstyles cardinal name Angelo Felici dipstyle His Eminence offstyle Your Eminence See Caesariana Angelo Felici Doctor of Canon Law J.C.D. July 26, 1919, Segni , province of Frosinone &ndash June 17, 2007, Rome was an Italian Cardinal Catholicism Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church and Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei . Before this role he served as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 1988 to 1995. Early life He was ordained on 4 April 1942 and spent the next three years studying for his doctorate in canon law . In 1945 he joined the Vatican Secretariat of State where he worked until 1949. He was a faculty member at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy , until he was appointed under secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs in 1964. Episcopate Pope Paul sent him on a mission to Jerusalem after the Six Day War between Arabs and Israelis. Pope Paul VI appointed him as titular archbishop of Cesariana and appointed Promagistrate pro nuncio to the Netherlands on 22 July 1967. He was consecrated as a bishop in September of the same year. His nine years in Holland were known for their sharp conflicts within the Catholic Church, among other things about the celibacy issue and about two bishop s nominations that were supposed to be extremely conservative Adrianus Johannes Simonis and Joannes Gijsen . He was transferred to Portugal in 1976 and finally to France in 1979. Cardinalate He was created and proclaimed Cardinal Catholicism Cardinal Deacon of San Carlo ai Catinari Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari in the consistory of 28 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II . In 1988, he was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints , where he served until 1995. Then he was appointed President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei . As Cardinal Deacons are permitted to do after ten years, he opted for the orde ... more details
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