Lusius Quietus
Lusius Quietus (
Life
Originally a Berber[2] prince, Lusius' father and his warriors had supported the Roman legions in their attempt to subdue Mauretania Tingitana (northern modern-day Morocco) during Aedemon's revolt in 40.
Citizen and commander
His father's service to Rome, on a notoriously difficult frontier, was honoured with the gift of Roman citizenship for him and his family. His son Lusius later joined the Roman army and served as an auxiliary officer in the Roman cavalry. For outstanding service, emperor Domitian rewarded him with equestrian rank but later had him dismissed from service for insubordination.
Quietus's fortunes were revived once again when a new emperor,
During the emperor's
Major revolts by
Death
The emperor Trajan died later in the year and was succeeded by
Bibliography
- Bartolomeo Borghesi, Œuvres, i. 500;
- Heinrich Graetz, Geschichte. 3d ed., iv. 116 et seq., 407 et seq.;
- Emil Schürer, Geschichte 3d ed., i. 617, 666–670;
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani, ii. 308, No. 325;
- Adolf Schlatter, Die Tage Trajans und Hadrians, p. 90, (Gütersloh, 1897.)
- Michael Brett and Elisabeth Fentress. The Berbers pp. 54–55. Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 978-0-631-20767-2
See also
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "The Jewish Encyclopedia". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- ^ "Trajan's War - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ Cassius Dio, Dio's Rome, Kessinger Publishing, 2004, v.5, p.117
- ^ Histoire des Juifs, Troisième période, I - Chapitre III - Soulèvement des Judéens sous Trajan et Adrien
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