Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (husband of Claudia Antonia)
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (died AD 47) was a noble Roman who lived during the 1st century. (He is not to be confused with his namesake
Birth and family
According to Suetonius, Pompeius was a nobleman of the highest ancient birth. Pompeius’ birth name is unknown, however by birth and adoption through his father, Pompeius was of the gens Licinia, hence the nomen Licinius. During the Roman Empire, it was common for Roman nobles to drop their paternal names and assume the names of their maternal ancestors. Roman nobles did this to either honour the memory of their ancestors or for adoption purposes.
His paternal grandfather was consul and governor
Life and career
Little is known on the life of Pompeius. During the reign of
Pompeius’ father gained the favour of the new emperor and it was probably through this favour, that Claudius arranged for Pompeius to marry Claudia Antonia, Claudius’ daughter and only child from his second marriage to Aelia Paetina. Antonia and Pompeius married in AD 43.[1]
Claudius had successfully conquered Britain and added it as a province to the Roman Empire. Claudius sent Pompeius to the Roman Senate to proclaim to the senators that his father-in-law had conquered Britain.
According to
After Pompeius died his remains were interred in the tomb of the Licinii Calpurnii located on the Via Salaria. Engraved on the urn of Pompeius is this text:
- "[Here lies] Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, son of Crassus, pontiff, quaestor of the Emperor Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, his father-in-law[2]"
In fiction
Pompeius is a character in Robert Graves' novel Claudius the God (the sequel to I, Claudius). This account claims that Claudius had Pompeius killed as the latter engaged in unnatural sexual practices with the former's daughter. He was omitted from the 1976 television adaptation.
See also
References
- ^ David L. Vagi History - 2000- Page 156 "Of Claudia Antonia, the daughter of Claudius by his second wife, Aelia Paetina, not much is known except that she enjoyed a good reputation and endured a tragic life. Even though her ... the highest birth. The first, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, ..."
- ^ CIL VI, 31722
Sources
- Suetonius – The Lives of the Twelve Caesars – Caligula & Claudius
- http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2825.html
- http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/Lanciani/LANPAC/6*.html