#roman consuls

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Pavement mosaic, Villa Baccano (near Rome)

* 2nd century / early 3rd century CE

* Villa was owned by Publius Septimius Geta, a brother of emperor Septimius Severus

* Palazzo Massimo, Rome

Rome, July 2015

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Roman Consuls

Hey, so here’s an interesting resource for anyone writing an Ancient Rome historical fiction or AU. On Wikipedia I ran across a full list of Roman Consuls by year from 600s BCE to the Easter Empire in 800s CE. I’ve already found it useful and I thought others might. 

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Denarius of Caesar

* Sicily

* 46 BCE

* obverse: head of Ceres. COS · TERT - DICT · ITER (consul for the third time, dictator for the second time)

* Numismatic collection of Ruhr University, Bochum

https://westfalen.museum-digital.de/object/7588

Creator Robert Dylka Copyright Notice CC BY-NC-SA

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Roman commemorative coin - Victory over Averni

* Issued in 118 BCE by moneyers Lucius Pomponius, Lucius Licinius Crassus and Gnaes Domitius

* Gnaes Domitius was a son of the general who defeated Averni in 120 BCE. Crassus (140- 91 BCE) was one of the greatest orators of his day. Both men had also a distinguished political political career (e.g. served as praetor, consul and censor)

* obverse: head of Roma wearing an Attic helmet. L · POM - PONI · CN F

* Reverse: Naked Gallic warrior (perhaps Bituitus, King of the Arverni) in biga galloping right. L · LIC · CN · DOM

* silver

* Numismatic collection of Ruhr University, Bochum

https://westfalen.museum-digital.de/object/7415

Creator Robert Dylka Copyright Notice CC BY-NC-SA

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Roman civil war commanders - Gaius Norbanus Flaccus

* supporter of both Julius Caesar and Octavian

* 43 BCE: Marcus Antonius, former consul, had taken his army to north to attack Decimus Brutus (governor of Gallia Cisalpina and one of the assassins). The senate countered by forming an army of its own that was lead by Octavian. New praetors Flaccus and Lucius Cestius - both supporters of Octavian -  issued this aureus to pay the wages of the Senatorial army. Cumaean Sibyl is depicted in the coin

* 42 BCE: was a leader -  together with Decidius Saxa -  of the forward detachment that was sent to Macedonia to fight the assassins.Had a couple of battles against Brutus and Cassius Longinus  and then held strategically important city of  Amphipolis until the main body of triumvirs’ army arrived.

* 38: BCE was nominated Consul by Octavian

* 36-34 BCE: proconsul of Spain, celebrated triumph after his tenure ended

* 31 BCE: Proconsul of Syria (after the battle of Actium)

* 24 BCE: His son, Gaius  Norbanus Flaccus, was appointed consul together with Augustus

source:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1964-1203-75

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Roman consuls: Gens Haterii

* a bust depicting Quintus Haterius (63 BCE-26 CE) a  homo novus and a “progenitor” of the gens Haterii. He was a famous orator and the first senator and consul (5 BCE) of the family. Quintus had also a rather close connections to imperial family since he was a son-in-law of Marcus Agrippa and his own son Decimus was married to a great-niece of emperor Augustus.

* Quintus’ son, Decimus Haterius Agrippa (13 BCE-32 CE) had also rather distinguished career. He was namely plebeian tribune in 15 CE, praetor 17 CE and Consul in 22 CE. Kinship to Julio-Claudian family probably didn’t hurt. Tacitus didn’t hold him in high regard though. The historian calls him a glutton and a lecher.

* Decimus’ child, Quintus Antoninus Haterius was a bit of prodigal son. Admitted that he too was a senator and a consul (53 CE), but Antoninus managed also to squander the family fortune, He was eventually saved by his cousin emperor Nero who gave him a yearly stipend of 500 000 sesterces.

pic: a bust depicting Quintus Haterius, tomb of the Haterii, Rome

Source: Wikimedia Commons- E. Sellers-Strong, Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine, Londen - New York, 1907.

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Painted frieze from the mausoleum of Titus Statilius Taurus

* 1st century BCE

* Porta Maggiore area

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Statilius_Taurus

* Palazzo Massimo, Rome

Rome, July 2015

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Roman Calendar - 3 June, Festival of Bellona

Roman goddess of war, whose temple was erected on the 3rd of June in 296 BCE by consul Appius Claudius. During Republican era the temple, that located outside Servian wall, was  an especially important place in Roman politics. Victorious generals waiting for their triumph came here, foreign envoys who were not allowed within pomerium were received here by the Senate and wars against foreign nations were declared here. Part of this area was regarded as a foreign territory and a special “column bellica” stood there. During the declaration ceremony a spear was hurled towards this column. And as we can see nowadays there is not much left of the temple...just a little rubble and walls near the columns of temple of Apollo.

Rome, July 2012