Gaius Calvisius Sabinus (consul 26)
Gaius Calvisius Sabinus was a
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
During the reign of
See also
References
- ^ Attilio Degrassi, I fasti consolari dell'Impero Romano dal 30 avanti Cristo al 613 dopo Cristo (Rome, 1952), p. 9
- ^ a b c Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 689 ("Calvisius Sabinus", No. 3).
- ^ Tacitus, Annales, iv. 46.
- ^ Tacitus, Annales, vi. 9.
- ^ Rutledge, Imperial Inquisitions, online. pp. 98, 230.
- ^ Seager, Tiberius online. p. 192.
- ^ Tacitus, Historiae, i. 48.
- ^ Cassius Dio, Roman History, lix. 18.
- ^ Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, p. 298 (note 120).
- ^ Barrett, Agrippina, online. p. 60.
Bibliography
- Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Annales, Historiae.
- Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus (Cassius Dio), Roman History.
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
- Robin Seager, Tiberius, Blackwell (1972, 2005).
- Ronald Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, Clarendon Press, Oxford (1989).
- Anthony A. Barrett, Agrippina: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Early Empire, Yale University Press, (1996).
- Steven H. Rutledge, Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian, Routledge, (2001).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Calvisius Sabinus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. III. p. 689.