Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus

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Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus (born 31) was the maternal grandfather of the Emperor Antoninus Pius.

Life

A member of

Asia in 78/79.[3]

Antoninus was a friend of and correspondent to the senator and historian

Family

Antoninus married Boionia Procilla, by whom he had two daughters: Arria Antonina and Arria Fadilla. Fadilla married Titus Aurelius Fulvus, ordinary consul in 89; their only child was Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus, who, as Antoninus Pius, became emperor (138-161). Antoninus Pius' father had died when he was young. Following Fulvus's death, Fadilla married Publius Julius Lupus, suffect consul in 98, and bore him two daughters, Julia Fadilla and Arria Lupula.

Antoninus raised his maternal grandson, and when he died Antoninus Pius inherited his money. Through the inheritances of both sides, Antoninus Pius became one of the wealthiest men in Rome.

Nerva–Antonine family tree

References

  1. ^ G.B. Townend, "The Consuls of A. D. 69/70", American Journal of Philology, 83 (1962), pp. 113-129
  2. ^ As determined by Fausto Zevi "I consoli del 97 d. Cr. in due framenti gia' editi dei Fasti Ostienses", Listy filologické / Folia philologica, 96 (1973), pp. 125–137
  3. ^ Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), p. 300
  4. ^ Historia Augusta, "Antoninus Pius", 1.4
  5. ^ Grainger, Nerva and the Roman succession crisis of AD 96-99 (London: Routledge, 2004), p. 41

Sources

Political offices
Preceded by
Consul of the Roman Empire
69
with Aulus Marius Celsus
Succeeded by
Preceded byas Ordinary consuls
Gaius Calpurnius Piso
Succeeded byas Suffect consuls