Quintus Pompeius Sosius Falco
Quintus Pompeius Sosius Falco (flourished 190s) was a
Falco was the son of Quintus Pompeius Senecio Sosius Priscus, a patrician and consul in 149; Edward Champlin hypothesizes that his mother was Ceionia Fabia, further hypothesizing she was married to Priscus before marrying Plautius Quintillus.[2] Falco's paternal ancestors include Sextus Julius Frontinus (consul in 73, again in 98, and a third time in 100) and Quintus Sosius Senecio, consul in 99 and again in 107.
Life
The emperor Commodus had planned to murder both consuls and usurp their offices, intending a procession as sole consul and primus palus secutorum from the barracks of the
Immediately following Commodus' death, Sosius Falco was offered the imperial throne by the Praetorian Guard, which he declined. He is known to have attempted a coup against Pertinax; however, Pertinax spared his life.[6] His life after Pertinax's death is unknown; McDermott opines that "Sosius Falco probably retired discreetly to one of the many family estates."[7]
Family
The name of Falco's wife has come down to us: Sulpicia Agrippina, the sister of Sulpicius Justus and Pollio Sulpicius, a Senatorial family whose origins lay in Lycia and extensively documented in the inscription of Licinnia Flavilla.[8] Sulpicia and Falco are known to have one son, Quintus Pompeius Falco Sosius Priscus, attested as praetor designatus during the reigns of either Caracalla or Elagabalus.[9]
References
- ^ Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), p. 133
- ^ Champlin, "Notes on the Heirs of Commodus", American Journal of Philology, 100 (1979), pp. 303f
- ^ Dio, 72.22.1-2
- ^ "Perinax", 5.2-3
- ^ McDermott, "Stemmata quid faciunt? The Descendants of Frontinus", Ancient Society, 7 (1976), pp. 231f
- ^ Shelagh Jameson, "Two Lycian Families", Anatolian Studies, 16 (1966), p. 128
- ^ McDermott, "Stemmata quid faciunt?", p. 232
- ^ Jameson, "Two Lycian Families", p. 127
- ^ McDermott, "Stemmata quid faciunt?", pp. 230f