Quintus Sosius Senecio
Quintus Sosius Senecio (fl. 1st century AD) was a
senator who was favored by the emperors Domitian and Trajan. As a result of this relationship, he was twice ordinary consul, an unusual and prestigious honor: first in 99, with Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus as his colleague; and again in 107 as the colleague of Lucius Licinius Sura
, who was himself consul for the third time.
Career
Senecio's origins are unknown. He has been identified as the subject of an inscription where the name of the subject is lost,legatus pro praetore or governor of Gallia Belgica for the term 96 to 98.[5] It was while governor that Senecio provided early support to Trajan.[4]
Senecio became consul ordinarius in 99. During the Dacian Wars, he held the governorship of Moesia Inferior.[6] Afterwards he earned a second consulate in 107 as well as a statue at state expense.
Personal details
Senecio was a member of literary circles.
Gaius Calvisius Rufus.[8] Plutarch also dedicated several of his Parallel Lives (Theseus 1, Demosthenes 1, Brutus 1) as well some of the individual Moralia (Quaestiones conviviales and Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus) to Senecio. These include reminiscences about Plutarch's and Senecio's conversations at Athens, Patras and Rome, as well as at Plutarch's home in Boeotia, where Senecio attended the wedding of Plutarch's son.[9]
Senecio married the daughter of
Sextus Julius Frontinus, a three-time consul (cos. 97, 98, 100).[10] They had a daughter, Sosia Polla, who married Quintus Pompeius Falco
.
Footnotes
- ^ CIL VI, 1444
- Journal of Roman Studies, 60 (1970), pp. 98-104
- ^ Richard Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (Princeton: University Press, 1984), p. 16
- ^ a b Grainger, Nerva and the Roman Succession Crisis of AD 96-99 (London: Routledge, 2004), p. 121
- ^ Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 328-330
- ^ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", pp. 336-340
- ^ Epistulae i.13
- ^ Epistulae iv.4
- ^ Anthony R. Birley, "Hadrian and Greek Senators", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 116 (1997), p. 215
- ^ Ronald Syme, "Ummidius Quadratus, Capax Imperii", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, 83 (1979), p. 295
Further reading
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani S² 777
- Puech, Bernadette. "Prosopographie des amis de Plutarque" in ANRW II.33.6 (1992), 4883.