Titus Aurelius Fulvus (grandfather of Antoninus Pius)

Titus Aurelius Fulvus was a Roman consul and grandfather of the emperor Antoninus Pius; as his son by the same name was Pius's father.

Biography[]

Titus Aurelius Fulvus was a supporter of Vespasian during the Year of Four Emperors. A provincial from Nemausus, Gaul (modern Nîmes, France), he gained his military experience as legatus legionis or commander of the Legio III Gallica in the East under Corbulo. When the legion was transferred to Moesia, in February 69 AD, he led them to victory over 9,000 Rhoxolani horsemen on the Roman side of the Danube.^[1]

It was while legatus of Legio III that he convinced the Illyrian armies to support Vespasian; as a reward, Fulvus was summoned to Vespasian's side in Alexandria during the critical period between Vitellius' death in December 69 and the emperor's departure for Rome in August of September of the following year. Further honors included a suffect consulship early in Vespasian's reign (between 72 and 74 AD, the year is uncertain),^[2] and elevation to the patrician class.^[3]

As an amicus of Vespasian and his sons, Fulvus held a number of senior posts, but only three are attested: governorship of Hispania Citerior,^[4] a second consulship in 85 AD (ordinary, as colleague of Domitian),^[5] and urban prefect. Noting that Fulvus was part of the "Hispano-Narbonensian nexus" that emerged in the later first century AD, Brian W. Jones observes that Fulvus, as a "senior consular of wide experience, he would have been an invaluable member of Domitian's court".^[3]

Nerva–Antonine family tree[]

Q. Marcius Barea Soranus

Q. Marcius Barea Sura

Antonia Furnilla

M. Cocceius Nerva

Sergia Plautilla

P. Aelius Hadrianus

Titus
(r. 79–81)

Marcia Furnilla

Marcia

Trajanus Pater

Nerva
(r. 96–98)

Ulpia^[i]

Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus

Flavia^[ii]

Marciana^[iii]

C. Salonius Matidius^[iv]

Trajan
(r. 98–117)

Plotina

P. Acilius Attianus

P. Aelius Afer^[v]

Paulina Major^[vi]

Lucius Mindius
(2)

Libo Rupilius Frugi
(3)

Matidia^[vii]

L. Vibius Sabinus
(1)^[viii]

Paulina Minor^[vi]

L. Julius Ursus Servianus^[ix]

Matidia Minor^[vii]

Suetonius?^[x]

Sabina^[iii]

Hadrian^[v]^[xi]^[vi] (r. 117–138)

Antinous^[xii]

Julia Balbilla?^[xiii]

C. Fuscus Salinator I

Julia Serviana Paulina

M. Annius Verus^[xiv]

Rupilia Faustina^[xv]

Boionia Procilla

Cn. Arrius Antoninus

L. Ceionius Commodus

Appia Severa

C. Fuscus Salinator II

L. Caesennius Paetus

Arria Antonina

Arria Fadilla^[xvi]

T. Aurelius Fulvus

L. Caesennius Antoninus

L. Commodus

Plautia

ignota^[xvii]

C. Avidius Nigrinus

M. Annius Verus^[xv]

Domitia Calvilla^[xviii]

Fundania^[xix]

M. Annius Libo^[xv]

FAUSTINA^[xvi]

Antoninus Pius
(r. 138–161)^[xvi]

L. Aelius Caesar^[xvii]

Avidia^[xvii]

Cornificia^[xv]

MARCUS AURELIUS
(r. 161–180)^[xx]

FAUSTINA Minor^[xx]

C. Avidius Cassius^[xxi]

Aurelia Fadilla^[xvi]

LUCIUS VERUS
(r. 161–169)^[xvii]
(1)

Ceionia Fabia^[xvii]

Plautius Quintillus^[xxii]

Q. Servilius Pudens

Ceionia Plautia^[xvii]

Cornificia Minor^[xxiii]

M. Petronius Sura

COMMODUS
(r. 177–192)^[xx]

Fadilla^[xxiii]

M. Annius Verus Caesar^[xx]

Ti. Claudius Pompeianus
(2)

Lucilla^[xx]

M. Plautius Quintillus^[xvii]

Junius Licinius Balbus

Servilia Ceionia

Petronius Antoninus

L. Aurelius Agaclytus
(2)

Aurelia Sabina^[xxiii]

L. Antistius Burrus
(1)

Plautius Quintillus

Plautia Servilla

C. Furius Sabinus Timesitheus

Antonia Gordiana

Junius Licinius Balbus?

Furia Sabina Tranquillina

GORDIAN III
(r. 238–244)

(1) = 1st spouse
(2) = 2nd spouse
(3) = 3rd spouse
  Reddish-purple indicates emperor of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty

  lighter purple indicates designated imperial heir of said dynasty who never reigned

  grey indicates unsuccessful imperial aspirants

  bluish-purple indicates emperors of other dynasties
dashed lines indicate adoption; dotted lines indicate love affairs/unmarried relationships
small caps = posthumously deified (Augusti, Augustae, or other)

Notes:

Except where otherwise noted, the notes below indicate that an individual's parentage is as shown in the above family tree.

^ Sister of Trajan's father: Giacosa (1977), p. 7.
^ Giacosa (1977), p. 8.
^ ^a ^b Levick (2014), p. 161.
^ Husband of Ulpia Marciana: Levick (2014), p. 161.
^ ^a ^b Giacosa (1977), p. 7.
^ ^a ^b ^c DIR contributor (Herbert W. Benario, 2000), "Hadrian".
^ ^a ^b Giacosa (1977), p. 9.
^ Husband of Salonia Matidia: Levick (2014), p. 161.
^ Smith (1870), "Julius Servianus".
^ Suetonius a possible lover of Sabina: One interpretation of HA Hadrianus 11:3
^ Smith (1870), "Hadrian", pp. 319–322.
^ Lover of Hadrian: Lambert (1984), p. 99 and passim; deification: Lamber (1984), pp. 2–5, etc.
^ Julia Balbilla a possible lover of Sabina: A. R. Birley (1997), Hadrian, the Restless Emperor, p. 251, cited in Levick (2014), p. 30, who is sceptical of this suggestion.
^ Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Levick (2014), p. 162.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Levick (2014), p. 164.
^ Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10.
^ Wife of M. Annius Libo: Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Giacosa (1977), p. 10.
^ The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA "Marcus Aurelius" 24.
^ Husband of Ceionia Fabia: Levick (2014), p. 164.
^ ^a ^b ^c Levick (2014), p. 117.

References:

DIR contributors (2000). "De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families". Retrieved 2015-04-14.
Giacosa, Giorgio (1977). Women of the Caesars: Their Lives and Portraits on Coins. Translated by R. Ross Holloway. Milan: Edizioni Arte e Moneta. ISBN 0-8390-0193-2.
Lambert, Royston (1984). Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous. New York: Viking. ISBN 0-670-15708-2.
Levick, Barbara (2014). Faustina I and II: Imperial Women of the Golden Age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-537941-9.
Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

References[]

^ Brian W. Jones, The Emperor Domitian, (London: Routledge, 1993), pp. 51f
^ Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for A. D. 70-96", Classical Quarterly, 31 (1981), pp. 199f
^ ^a ^b Jones, Emperor Domitian, p. 52
^ Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 13 (1983), p. 196
^ Gallivan, "The Fasti", p. 190

Political offices
Preceded by ignotus, and as suffect consuls	Consul of the Roman Empire 85 with Domitian XI	Succeeded by Quintus Julius Cordinus Gaius Rutilius Gallicus II, and Lucius Valerius Catullus Messalinus II

[6] Sister of Trajan's father: Giacosa (1977), p. 7.

[giac8-7] Giacosa (1977), p. 8.

[lev161-8] Levick (2014), p. 161.

[9] Husband of Ulpia Marciana: Levick (2014), p. 161.

[giac7-10] Giacosa (1977), p. 7.

[DIR_hadrian-11] DIR contributor (Herbert W. Benario, 2000), "Hadrian".

[giac9-12] Giacosa (1977), p. 9.

[13] Husband of Salonia Matidia: Levick (2014), p. 161.

[Smith_Servianus-14] Smith (1870), "Julius Servianus".

[15] Suetonius a possible lover of Sabina: One interpretation of HA Hadrianus 11:3

[Smith_1870a_p._319-16] Smith (1870), "Hadrian", pp. 319–322.

[17] Lover of Hadrian: Lambert (1984), p. 99 and passim; deification: Lamber (1984), pp. 2–5, etc.

[18] Julia Balbilla a possible lover of Sabina: A. R. Birley (1997), Hadrian, the Restless Emperor, p. 251, cited in Levick (2014), p. 30, who is sceptical of this suggestion.

[19] Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163.

[lev163-20] Levick (2014), p. 163.

[lev162-21] Levick (2014), p. 162.

[lev164-22] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Levick (2014), p. 164.

[23] Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10.

[24] Wife of M. Annius Libo: Levick (2014), p. 163.

[giac10-25] Giacosa (1977), p. 10.

[26] The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA "Marcus Aurelius" 24.

[27] Husband of Ceionia Fabia: Levick (2014), p. 164.

[lev117-28] Levick (2014), p. 117.

[1] Brian W. Jones, The Emperor Domitian, (London: Routledge, 1993), pp. 51f

[2] Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for A. D. 70-96", Classical Quarterly, 31 (1981), pp. 199f

[Jones-52-3] Jones, Emperor Domitian, p. 52

[4] Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 13 (1983), p. 196

[5] Gallivan, "The Fasti", p. 190

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Titus Aurelius Fulvus (grandfather of Antoninus Pius)

Contents

Biography[]

Nerva–Antonine family tree[]

See also[]

References[]