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Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome,
NAUMACHIA AUGUSTI
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SEP. Q. SULPICII MAXIMI
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SEP. Q. SULPICII MAXIMI
the tomb of Q. Sulpicius Maximus, who died at
the age of eleven years, after having won the first prize in extemporaneous
verse at the third celebration of the ludi Capitolini in 95 A.D. (CIL vi.
33976). It was found in 1871 in the interior of the east tower of the
Porta Salaria, which had been built over it (Bull. d. Inst. 1871, 98-113;
Visconti, Il sepolcro del fanciullo Q. Sulpicius Maximus, Rome 1871;
Lanciani, Pagan and Christian Rome 280-282; Cons. 149).
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Clemens, T. Fla'vius
was cousin to the emperor Domitian, and his colleague in the consulship, A. D. 95, and married Domitilla, also a relation of Domitian. His father was Flavius Sabinus, the elder brother of the emperor Vespasian, and his brother Flavius Sabinus, who was put to death by Domitian. (Suet. Domit. 10.) Domitian had destined the sons of Clemens to succeed him in the empire, and, changing their original names had called one Vespasian and the other Domitian; but he subsequently put Clemens to death during the consulship of the latter. (Suet. Domit. 15.) Dio Cassius says (67.14), that Clemens was put to death on a charge of atheism, for which, he adds, many others who went over to the Jewish opinions were executed.
This must imply that he had become a Christian; and for the same reason his wife was banished to Pandataria by Domitian. (Comp. Philostr. Apoll. 8.15; Euseb. Hist. Eccl. 3.14; Hieronym. Ep. 27.) To this Clemens in all probability is dedicated the church of St. Cle
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)