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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Cal. 1, 15.) His praenomen is unknown; nor can his original cognomen be ascertained, for the imperial family began now to be above the ordinary rules of hereditary name. By a decree of the senate, the elder Drusus, after his death, received the honourable appellation Germanicus, which was also granted to his posterity. (D. C. 4.2.) It seems at first to have been exclusively assumed by the elder son, who afterwards earned an independent title to it by his own achievements. When Augustus, in A. D. 4, adopted Tiberius, and appointed him successor to the empire, the young Germanicus had already, by his promising qualities, gained the favour of the emperor, who recommended Tiberius to take him as a son. (Suet. Cal. 4; Tac. Ann. 1.3; Zonar. 10.36.) In subsequent inscriptions and coins he is styled Germanicus Caesar, Ti. Aug. F. Divi Aug. N.; and in history the relationships which he acquired by adoption are often spoken of in place of the natural relationships of blood and birth. Upon his
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Li'via (search)
rred to her sons as the husband of Julia, the daughter of Augustus. (D. C. 53.33.) But for this there seems little ground. The opportune death both of C. Caesar and L. Caesar seems much more suspicious. These young men were the children of Julia by her marriage with Agrippa; and being the grandchildren of Augustus, they presented, as long as they lived, an insuperable obstacle to the accession of Tiberius, the son of Livia. But Lucius died suddenly at Massilia in A. D. 2, and Caius in Lycia A. D. 4, of a wound, which was not considered at all dangerous. It was generally suspected that they had both been poisoned, by the secret orders of Livia and Tiberius. She was even suspected of having hastened the death of Augustus in A. D. 14. Augustus left Livia and Tiberius as his heirs ; and by his testament adopted her into the Julia gens, in consequence of which she received the name of Julia Augusta. By the accession of her son to the imperial throne, Livia had now attained the long-cheri
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
ex Pedia, on account of the latter being one of Caesai's murderers. The family of Paterculus, therefore, seems to have been one of wealth, respectability, and influence. Velleius Paterculus was probably born about B. C. 19, the year in which Virgil died. He adopted the profession of arms; and, soon after he had entered the army, he accompanied C. Caesar in his expedition to the East, and was present with the latter at his interview with the Parthian king, in A. D. 2. Two years afterwards, A. D. 4, he served under Tiberius in Germany, succeeding his father in the rank of Praefectus Equitum, having previously filled in succession the offices of tribune of the soldiers and tribune of the camp. For the next eight years Paterculus served under Tiberius, either as praefectus or legatus, in the various campaigns of the latter in Germany, Pannonia, and Dalmatia, and, by his activity and ability, gained the favour of the future emperor. He was accordingly promoted to the quaestorship, and in
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
erature. He still continued however to exercise his oratorical powers, and maintained his reputation for eloquence by his speeches both in the senate and the courts of justice. When the war broke out between Octavian and Antony, the ; former asked Pollio to accompany him in the campaign but he declined on account of his former friendship with Antony, and Octavian admitted the validity of his excuse. He lived to see the supremacy of Augustus fully established, and died at his Tusculan villa, A. D. 4, in the eightieth year of his age, preserving to the last the full enjoyment of his health and of all his faculties. (V. Max. 8.13.4.) Asiniius Pollio deserves a distinguished place in the history of Roman literature, not so much on account of his works, as of the encouragement which he gave to literature. He was not only a patron of Virgil, Horace (see Carm. 2.1), and other great poets and writers, but he has the honour of having been the first person to establish a public library at Rom
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Saturni'nus, Se'ntius 3. C. Sentius Saturninus, C. F. C. N., the son of No. 2. was consul A. D. 4, in which year the Lex. Aelia Sentia was passed. He was appointed by Augustus governor of Germany, and served with distinction under Tiberius, in his campaign against the Germans. He was, in consequence, rewarded by Augustus with the triumphal ornaments in A. D. 6. (Vell. 2.103, 105, 109 ; D. C. 4.28.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Saturni'nus, Se'ntius 4. Cn. Sentius Saturninus, consul suffectus A. D. 4, was probably likewise a son of No. 2. since the latter had, as we have already seen, three sons in Syria, who were old enough to serve as his legati. He was appointed in A. D. 19, governor of Syria, and compelled Cn. Piso by force of arms to surrender the province to him. [PISO, No. 23.] Tacitus calls the governor of Syria simply Cn. Sentius, but there can be little doubt that he is the same as the consul suffectus of aturninus, consul suffectus A. D. 4, was probably likewise a son of No. 2. since the latter had, as we have already seen, three sons in Syria, who were old enough to serve as his legati. He was appointed in A. D. 19, governor of Syria, and compelled Cn. Piso by force of arms to surrender the province to him. [PISO, No. 23.] Tacitus calls the governor of Syria simply Cn. Sentius, but there can be little doubt that he is the same as the consul suffectus of A. D. 4. (Tac. Ann. 2.74, 79, 81, 3.7.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
d to Octavia, the daughter of the emperor Claudius, in A. D. 41. The emperor conferred upon him the triumphal ornaments when he was still a boy, and exhibited in his name magnificent gladiatorial games. But as Agrippina had resolved to marry Octavia to her own son Domitius, afterwards the emperor Nero, it was necessary to put Silanus out of the way. It was easy to persuade the foolish emperor of any thing, and he therefore readily believed the charges brought against Silanus. Accordingly in A. D. 4a Silanus, who was then praetor, though he had not yet attained the legal age for the office, was expelled from the senate by Vitellius, as censor, on the ground of incest with his sister Julia Calvina [CALVINA]; and he was further compelled by Claudius to resign the office of praetor. At the same time the marriage between him and Octavia was dissolved. At the beginning of the following year Octavia was married to Nero; and Silanns, who knew that he would not be allowed to live much longer,
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Tibe'rius (search)
. 55.10.) Suetonius says that Tiberius, by letter, entreated the emperor to let Julia keep whatever he had given her. Tiberius was employed in public affairs until the death of L. Caesar (A. D. 2). which was followed by the death of C. Caesar (A. D. 4). Augustus, now being without a successor of his own blood, adopted Tiberius, the son of his wife Livia, with the view of leaving to him the power that he had himself acquired; and at the same time he required Tiberius to adopt Germanicus, the syoung to be adopted by Augustus with a view to the direct succession. From the year of his adoption to the death of Augustus, A. D. 14, Tiberius was in command of the Roman armies, though he visited Rome several times. He was sent into Germany A. D. 4, and the historian Velleius Paterculus accompanied him as praefectus equitum. Tiberius reduced all Illyricumn to subjection A. D. 9; and in A. D. 12 he had the honour of a triumph at Rome for his German and Dalmatian victories. Tiberius displaye
The Daily Dispatch: December 7, 1860., [Electronic resource], The Reports of Secretaries. (search)
or four, five and six years, but withheld from market on account of the claim of the State, have recently been proclaimed and offered at public sale." The progress of the public surveys in the Territory of Washington has been interrupted on account of the existence of certain land claims under the treaty of June 15, 1846, with Great Britain. Two tracts--one at Nisqually, containing by estimate 167,000 acres, and another at Cowlitz, containing about 3,600 acres--have been claimed under the 4th article of the same treaty, for the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company. "It is due to the people of Washington Territory that some decisive action should be taken. I am not advised that any portion of the tracts claimed are of any public or political importance to the United States, and I recommend that the Surveyor General of Washington Territory, under the supervision of this Department, be authorized by special enactment to decide upon the validity of the claims of the Puget's Sound Agri
The Daily Dispatch: January 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Farewell speech of Hon. Jeff Davis. (search)
Election of Convention delegates. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan, 24. --The Convention elected Senator Toombs and Howell Cobb from the State at large, delegates to the Montgomery Convention, and the following district delegates; 1st Francis Barton; 2d. Martin V. Crawford; 3d. Judge Nesbitt; 4th. Ben. Hill; 5th. Augustus R. Wright; 6th. Thos. R. Cobb; 7th. A. H. Stephens. It then adjourned until to-morrow.
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