Gaius Trebonius Proculus Mettius Modestus
Gaius Trebonius Proculus Mettius Modestus was a
Modestus was a member of the
Modestus clearly has a
Marcus Junius Mettius Rufus, suffect consul in 128, has been identified as his biological son.[4]
Career
He may be the same Mettius Modestus Pliny the Younger mentions in a letter to his friend Voconius Romanus.[5] Bernard Remy dates his exile to the year 93, when Domitian punished a number of Senators on the grounds of conspiracy.[2] Apparently the notorious delator Marcus Aquilius Regulus had a role in his exile, for Pliny describes in his letter with obvious delight how Regulus was in fear of Mettius Modestus, now that emperor Nerva recalled him from exile.[6]
Two of the offices Modestus held are known. The first, as
References
- ^ Fasti Ostienses, frag. Gd
- ^ a b Bernard Rémy, Les carrières sénatoriales dans les provinces romaines d'Anatolie au Haut-Empire (31 av. J.-C. - 284 ap. J.-C.) (Istanbul: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 1989), p. 292
- ^ Rémy, Les carrières sénatoriales, p. 293
- ^ Olli Salomies, Adoptive and polyonymous nomenclature in the Roman Empire, (Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1992), p. 97
- ^ C.P. Jones considers the identification as generally accepted. ("A New Commentary on the Letters of Pliny", Phoenix, 22 (1968), p. 123)
- ^ Pliny, Epistulae, I.5
- ^ Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 332-338
- ^ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 13 (1983), p. 152
External links
- Kenneth W. Harl, "Patara", The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Wiley Online Library)
- "Arch of Modestus". LycianTurkey.com.