Gaius Annius Anullinus
Gaius Annius Anullinus (died 4th century) was a Roman senator who was appointed consul in AD 295.
Biography
A member of a family which originated in
During his time there, he implemented the
Ultimately, however, he attempted to maintain some balance between convincing the imperial courts of his adherence in enforcing their decrees, and convincing the local population that he was doing his job only to the limited extent that was necessary, and not so zealously that it would impact his ability to govern the province peacefully.[15] Regardless, after the persecutions were over, the monuments and buildings erected by him during his time as governor were purposely defaced by the local Christians.[16]
In 306, Anullinus was appointed
Maxentius later appointed Anullinus Urban Prefect for a second time, apparently as an attempt to garner good fortune prior to his upcoming clash against his rival,
Under Constantine, he continued his service to the state despite the change in regime. In 313, he was ordered by Constantine to restore the properties of the
Sometime during the reign of Maxentius,[25] Anullinus and 12 other senators each contributed 400,000 sesterces, probably for the construction of a building in Rome.
See also
References
- ^ Chastagnol, p. 45
- ^ Potter, p. 346
- ^ Rees, p. 98
- ^ Chastagnol, p. 45
- ^ Shaw, p. 593
- ^ Rees, p. 62
- ^ A. D. Lee, Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook (Routledge, 2015).
- ^ Shaw, p. 69
- ^ Abbot Giuseppe Ricciotti, The Age Of Martyrs: Christianity from Diocletian (284) to Constantine (337) (TAN Books, 21 Sep. 2015) 103.
- ^ St Crispina at Catholic Saints.org.
- ^ Rees, pp. 177-179
- ^ Abbot Giuseppe Ricciotti, The Age Of Martyrs: Christianity from Diocletian (284) to Constantine (337) (TAN Books, 21 Sep. 2015) 109.
- ^ J. Armitage Robinson, The Passion of St. Perpetua: together with an appendix containing the original Latin text of the Scillitan Martyrdom (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 3 Sep. 2004) p25.
- ISBN 978-0-691-00154-8. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ Shaw, p. 503
- ^ Shaw, p. 208
- ^ Chastagnol, pp. 46-47; Potter, pp. 346-347
- ^ Potter, David, The Unity of the Roman Empire in From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians: Later Roman History and Culture, 284-450 CE (ed. McGill, Scott) (2010), pp. 29-30
- ^ Martindale & Jones, p. 79
- ^ Rev. Daniel R. Jennings, LETTERS, BOOK 1 (In Chronological Order) .
- ^ David M. Gwynn, Christianity in the Later Roman Empire: A Sourcebook(Bloomsbury Publishing, 20 Nov. 2014)p55.
- ^ Claude Fleury, Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, The ecclesiastical history of M. l'abbé Fleury, Volume 1(Printed by T. Wood, for James Crokatt, 1727) p525.
- ^ Optatus of Milevis, Against the Donatists (1917) Appendices 3-16. pp. 382-431..
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History10.6.4.
- ^ Chastagnol, p. 48
Sources
- Chastagnol, André, Les Fastes de la Prefecture de Rome au Bas-Empire (1962)
- Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I AD 260–395, Cambridge University Press (1971)
- Rees, Roger (2004). Diocletian and the Tetrarchy. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748616602.
- Potter, David, S., The Roman Empire at Bay: AD 180-395 (2004)
- Shaw, Brent D., Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine (2011)