Quintus Haterius
Quintus Haterius | |
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Spouse | Vipsania |
Children | Decimus Haterius Agrippa |
Quintus Haterius (c. 63 BC – AD 26) was a Roman politician and orator born into a senatorial family.[1]
Career
Haterius was a
In his later life, Haterius was elected Consul Suffectus (the term used to denote the person who served the remainder of the regular consul's term if he died or was removed) in 5 BC. Tacitus mentions Haterius many times in the Annals in senatorial debate.
After the death of Augustus, Tiberius made a show of reluctance to accept power so that he not look ambitious.
Haterius was also involved in putting restrictions on the luxury of the country. It was decided by the senate that solid gold vessels should not be used to serve food, and that it was disgraceful for men to wear silken clothes purchased from the East.[7]
As his age advanced, however, Haterius became less well regarded. In a senate meeting discussing how to honour the two sons of Tiberius, Haterius brought forth a motion that all decrees passed that day should be erected in the Senate house in solid gold letters; but his suggestion was laughed at as being foolish.[8]
Quintus Haterius died with the highest honours at the end of AD 26.[9] Yet an obituary written by Tacitus stated that although he was famous for his oratory skills during his lifetime, that fame had died away and that "while the research and labours of other authors are valued by an after age, the harmonious fluency of Haterius died with him."[10]
Personal life
Haterius was the father of Decimus Haterius Agrippa and the grandfather of Quintus Haterius Antoninus. His wife was likely a daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "Q.H.," in Brill's New Pauly: Antiquity, vol. 6 ed. Herbert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider (Leiden: Brill, 2002), 1.
- ^ Seneca, Epistles vol.1, 40, 10.
- ^ John Hazel, Who’s Who in the Roman World, (London: Routledge, 2001), p. 135.
- ^ Tac. Ann. 1.13.4; translated by Gaius Stern) as a play on Cicero Phil. 1.1.
- ^ Suet. Tib. 24. Compare Dio 57.2.5-7.
- ^ Tac. Ann.1.13.7; Suet. Tib. 27.
- ^ Tac. Ann.2.33.
- ^ Tac. Ann. 3.57.
- ^ Jerome, Chronicles, 256.
- ^ Tac. Ann. 4.61.
- ^ "Haterius," Ronald Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, (Oxford 1986); The Oxford Classical Dictionary, ed. Simon Hornblower and Anthony Spaforth (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), 669; Gaius Stern, Women, Children, and Senators on the Ara Pacis Augustae Chapter 5 (Berk. diss. 2006).