Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus
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Two noblemen, an uncle and nephew, who shared the name Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus and were descendants of the Roman Emperor Augustus, lived during the 1st century AD.
Elder Silanus
Silanus (died 49), was the third born son to
Lucius Vitellius, who was Junia's husband.[2] Consequently, Claudius broke off the engagement and forced Silanus to resign from public office. He was forced to commit suicide on New Year's Day, 49, the same day that Claudius and Agrippina married.[3][4]
Younger Silanus
Silanus (50-66) was the son of the elder's brother,
Marcus. His mother is unknown. After his father's murder, he was raised by his paternal aunt Junia Lepida and her husband Gaius Cassius Longinus. A respected young nobleman, he became a rival in his youth to Emperor Nero. Expelled from public life by Nero after his accession to the purple, Silanus was banished to the small country town of Bari (Roman Barium in Apulia). Ordered to commit suicide, he chose to fight, and was killed in a standoff with his guards.[5]
See also
- Junia (gens)
Sources
- De Vita Caesarum
- Annales
References
- ^ Tacitus, Cornelius (1836). The Works... London: Jones & Company. p. 689.
- ^ ISBN 9781405824576.
- ^ Ruth, Thomas DeCoursey (1916). The Problem of Claudius: Some Aspects of a Character Study. Lord Baltimore Press. p. 88. Retrieved Aug 27, 2018.
- ISBN 9780816067107.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link - ^ Van Santvoord, Seymour (1902). The House of Caesar and the Imperial Disease. Troy, New York: Pafraets Book Company. p. 158.
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