Gaius Calvisius Sabinus (consul 26)

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Gaius Calvisius Sabinus was a

Senator, who was consul in AD 26 as the colleague of Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus.[1] During the reign of Caligula
, he was accused of conspiring against the emperor, and took his own life rather than submit to a trial.

Family

Calvisius was probably the son of Gaius Calvisius Sabinus, consul in 4 BC, and grandson of Gaius Calvisius Sabinus, consul in 39 BC. His wife, Cornelia, may have been the sister of Cornelius Lentulus, Calvisius' colleague in the consulship.[2]

Career

Calvisius is first heard of when he and Cornelius were named consules ordinarii for AD 26. This was the year in which Tiberius left Rome for Campania, never to return. On the Kalends of July, the consuls were replaced by Quintus Junius Blaesus and Lucius Antistius Vetus.[2][3]

Tiberius' removal from Rome may have been influenced by his advisor

Gaius Annius Pollio and Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus.[4][5][6]

During the reign of

legions. The emperor recalled the governor in AD 39, suspecting Calvisius and his wife of plotting against him, and brought charges against both. Cornelia was accused of entering the camp at night dressed as a soldier, interfering with the guard, and committing adultery in the general's headquarters. As their condemnation was certain, they put an end to their own lives before the trial could begin.[2][7][8][9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Attilio Degrassi, I fasti consolari dell'Impero Romano dal 30 avanti Cristo al 613 dopo Cristo (Rome, 1952), p. 9
  2. ^ a b c Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 689 ("Calvisius Sabinus", No. 3).
  3. ^ Tacitus, Annales, iv. 46.
  4. ^ Tacitus, Annales, vi. 9.
  5. ^ Rutledge, Imperial Inquisitions, online. pp. 98, 230.
  6. ^ Seager, Tiberius online. p. 192.
  7. ^ Tacitus, Historiae, i. 48.
  8. ^ Cassius Dio, Roman History, lix. 18.
  9. ^ Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, p. 298 (note 120).
  10. ^ Barrett, Agrippina, online. p. 60.

Bibliography

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William (1870). "Calvisius Sabinus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. III. p. 689.

Political offices
Preceded by Succeeded by
Lucius Antistius Vetus
as Suffect consuls