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List Of Roman Governors Of Asia
This is a list of known governors of the Roman province of Asia. Created after 133 BC, the province was eventually reorganized by the emperor Augustus who assigned it to the Senate as a proconsular governorship. The province was divided by Diocletian during his reorganization of the empire during the 290s, and a small portion of the province retained the name. Eventually the province was absorbed into the Thracesian Theme sometime during the seventh century. Many of the dates listed are approximate dates for the holding of the office. Republican governors of Asia (133–27 BC) Unless otherwise indicated, entries for the Republican period are based on T.R.S. Broughton, ''Magistrates of the Roman Republic'' (1952), vol. II. * Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur (97/96 BC) * ? Lucius Gellius (93/92 BC). Alternatively proconsul in Cilicia. * Gaius Julius Caesar (91/90 BC) * L. Lucilius L.f. (? 90/89 BC) * C. Cassius (89/87 BC). Appian calls him "Lucius Cassius". * Lucius Licinius Mure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Governor
A Roman governor was an official either elected or appointed to be the chief administrator of Roman law throughout one or more of the many Roman province, provinces constituting the Roman Empire. The generic term in Roman legal language was ''Rector provinciae,'' regardless of the specific titles, which also reflects the province's intrinsic and strategic status, and corresponding differences in authority. By the time of the early Roman Empire, Empire, two types of provinces existed—Senatorial province, senatorial and Imperial province, imperial—and several types of governor would emerge. Only ''proconsuls'' and ''propraetors'' fell under the classification of promagistrate. Duties of the governor The governor was the province's chief judge. He had the sole right to impose capital punishment, and capital cases were normally tried before him. To appeal a governor's decision necessitated travelling to Rome and presenting one's case before either the ''Praetor#Praetor urbanus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintus Tullius Cicero
Quintus Tullius Cicero ( , ; 102 – 43 BC) was a Roman statesman and military leader, the younger brother of Marcus Tullius Cicero. He was born into a family of the equestrian order, as the son of a wealthy landowner in Arpinum, some south-east of Rome. Biography Cicero's well-to-do father arranged for him to be educated with his brother in Rome, Athens and probably Rhodes in 79–77 BC. Around 70 BC he married Pomponia (sister of his brother's friend Atticus), a dominant woman of strong personality. He divorced her after a long disharmonious marriage with much bickering between the spouses in late 45 BC. His brother, Marcus, tried several times to reconcile the spouses, but to no avail. The couple had a son born in 66 BC and named Quintus Tullius Cicero after his father. Quintus was aedile in 66 BC, praetor in 62 BC, and propraetor of the Province of Asia for three years 61-59 BC. Under Caesar, during the Gallic Wars, he was legatus (accompanying Caesar on his second expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Volcatius Tullus (consul 33 BC)
Lucius Volcatius Tullus was a Roman Republic, Roman politician who was elected Roman consul, consul in 33 BC. Biography Tullus was the son of Lucius Volcatius Tullus (consul 66 BC), Lucius Volcatius Tullus, the consul of 66 BC. Elected praetor, praetor urbanus in 46 BC, in 45 BC he was allotted the province of Cilicia (Roman province), Cilicia for his propraetoral governorship, which he held until 44 BC. His decision not to give aid to Gaius Antistius Vetus (consul 30 BC), Gaius Antistius Vetus, the governor of Syria (Roman province), Syria, allowed Quintus Caecilius Bassus, the former governor and opponent of Julius Caesar, to hold out until the Parthians were able to reach Bassus. Tullus subsequently was elected consul in 33 BC. He later was proconsul in Asia (Roman province), Asia either from 28 to 27 BC, or from 27 to 26 BC. Notes Sources Primary sources * Appian, ''Illyr.'27 * Cassius Dio xlix. 43. * Cicero ''Epistulae ad Familiares, ad Familiares'' xiii. 41. Secondary sour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Vinicius (consul 33 BC)
Lucius Vinicius (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman Senator who was appointed suffect consul in 33 BC. Vinicius was a ''Novus homo'' whose family originated at Cales in Campania,Syme, pp. 44–45 and who were members of the Roman equestrian order. A supporter of Julius Caesar, he was elected tribune of the plebs for 51 BC, during which time he vetoed an anti-Caesarean resolution of the Senate.Broughton, pg. 241 His support for Caesar and then Augustus saw him appointed as suffect consul in 33 BC, replacing Marcus Acilius Glabrio, and serving from October through to the end of December. He was later appointed the Proconsular governor of Asia, probably serving from 27 BC through to 25 BC. Vinicius had at least one son, Lucius Vinicius, who was appointed suffect consul in 5 BC. References * Broughton, T. Robert S., ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'', Vol. II (1952) *Syme, Ronald, ''The Augustan Aristocracy'' (1986). Clarendon Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Herennius Picens (consul 34 BC)
Marcus Herennius Picens (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman senator who served as suffect consul in 34 BC, replacing Gaius Memmius and occupying the office from November 1 to the end of December. Authorities give slightly different versions of his name. T.R.S. Broughton and Ronald Syme refer to him simply as Marcus Herennius; however, K.M.T. Atkinson adds the cognomen ''Picens'' when she writes about him. Biography Herennius is a native of Picenum, which Syme notes provided several supporters for Julius Caesar, including Publius Ventidius. Syme identifies this Herennius as the grandson of Titus Herennius, who fought against the Romans during the Social War. How Herennius supported the cause of Caesar's heir Augustus is unclear; Syme includes his name in a list of several consuls "who have left no record of service to the rulers of Rome but, as sole and sufficient proof, the presence of their names upon the ''Fasti''." Despite this enigma, Herennius proceeded to the office of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedius Pollio
Publius Vedius Pollio (died 15 BC) was a Roman of equestrian rank, and a friend of the Roman emperor Augustus, who appointed him to a position of authority in the province of Asia. In later life, he became infamous for his luxurious tastes and cruelty to his slaves – when they displeased him, he had them fed to "lampreys" that he maintained for that purpose, which was deemed to be an exceedingly cruel act. When Vedius tried to apply this method of execution to a slave who broke a crystal cup, Emperor Augustus (Pollio's guest at the time) was so appalled that he not only intervened to prevent the execution but had all of Pollio's valuable drinking vessels deliberately broken. This incident, and Augustus's demolition of Vedius's mansion in Rome he inherited in his will, were frequently referred to in antiquity in discussions of ethics and of the public role of Augustus. Biography Publius Vedius Pollio, the son of a freedman, was born in the 1st century BC and attained membership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeitschrift Für Alte Geschichte
''Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal specialising in Greek and Roman antiquity. It was established in 1952 by and . In 2019, the editors-in-chief were Kai Brodersen, , Walter Scheidel, , and . It is published quarterly by ''Franz Steiner Verlag''. It is ranked as an "A"-journal for "History" in the European Reference Index for the Humanities ERIH PLUS (originally called the European Reference Index for the Humanities or ERIH) is an index containing bibliographic information on academic journals in the humanities and social sciences (SSH). The index includes all journals that meet the ... of the European Science Foundation, in the "Ranked Journal List" of the Australian Research Council, and in other journal rankings. Since 1956, it is supplemented by a series of monographs, the renowned "Historia Einzelschriften". References External links * Classics journals Multilingual journals Quarterly journals Publications estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Titius
Marcus Titius was a Roman politician ( suffect consul in 31 BC) and commander at the end of the Roman Republic. Descent and proscription Marcus Titius was the son of a Lucius Titius and nephew of Lucius Munatius Plancus. The offices which Lucius Titius held are not known but he was proscribed at the end of 43 BC and escaped to Sextus Pompey, after which time, his son Marcus Titius built a fleet and plundered the coast of Etruria. In 40 BC he was captured in Gallia Narbonensis by Menodorus, a general of Sextus Pompey, but pardoned for his father's sake. When the triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian wanted to settle their conflict with Sextus Pompey in the Pact of Misenum in the summer of 39 BC many exiles were allowed to come back to Rome, so Marcus Titius and his father did likewise. Career under Mark Antony Probably under the influence of Munatius Plancus, his nephew Titius soon became a follower of Mark Antony. In 36 BC Titius took part as quaestor in Antony's campaign aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Furnius (tribune)
Gaius Furnius was tribune of the plebs in 50 BC, and a friend and correspondent of Cicero. Cicero relied on the efforts of Furnius, while tribune, to obtain for him his recall at the end of his first year as proconsul of Cilicia, and, after his return, a ''supplicatio'' ("thanksgiving"). A clause, however, which Furnius inserted in his plebiscite, making the recall dependent on the Parthians remaining quiet until the month of August, 50 BC, was unsatisfactory to Cicero, since July was the usual season of their greatest activity. Furnius, as tribune, was opposed to the demands of the oligarchical party, that Julius Caesar should immediately and unconditionally resign his proconsulship of Gaul. After the civil war broke out, he was sent by Caesar with letters to Cicero during March 49 BC. Cicero recommended Furnius to Lucius Munatius Plancus, proconsul in Transalpine Gaul for 43 BC, and he was legate to Plancus during the first war between Antony and Octavian, and until after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Cocceius Nerva (consul 36 BC)
Marcus Cocceius Nerva was consul of the Roman Republic in 36 BC, together with Lucius Gellius Poplicola. His family were of Umbrian origin and were supporters of Marcus Antonius, providing him with a number of generals and diplomats. Nerva was ''Proquaestor pro praetore'' under Antonius in 41 BC, and it is assumed that he was with Lucius Antonius during the Perusine War. He was one of the key military officers in Antonius's army who refused to fight Octavianus and brought about the reconciliation between the two men in 40 BC. Around 38 BC, Marcus Antonius appointed Nerva as the proconsular governor of Asia, during which time he was acclaimed as imperator for some military action at Lagina. For his services to Marcus Antonius, Nerva was elected consul in 36 BC. In 31 BC he was elected to the ''Quindecimviri sacris faciundis'', and was raised to the Patriciate after 29 BC.Broughton, ''MRR2'', p. 427 He is the great-grandfather of the more famous Emperor Nerva who ruled the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Munatius Plancus
Lucius Munatius Plancus ( – ) was a Roman senator, consul in 42 BC, and censor in 22 BC with Paullus Aemilius Lepidus. Along with Talleyrand eighteen centuries later, he is one of the classic historical examples of men who have managed to survive very dangerous circumstances by constantly shifting their allegiances. Early career Plancus was born in Tibur, the son of his homonymous father, of whom very little is known. He had three brothers and a sister: two of the brothers pursued public lives, one ascending to the praetorship and the other reaching the plebeian tribunate. He must have entered public life with election as quaestor some time before 54 BC. More concrete information on Plancus' career only appears when he became one of Julius Caesar's legates during the Gallic Wars: he served under Caesar in Gaul from 54 BC through to the start of Caesar's civil war in January 49 BC. At the start of the civil war, he joined with Caesar against Pompey; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 44 BC)
Publius Cornelius Dolabella ( – 43 BC, also known by his adoptive name Lentulus) was a Roman politician and general under the dictator Julius Caesar. He was by far the most important of the patrician Cornelii Dolabellae but he arranged for himself to be adopted into the plebeian Cornelii Lentuli so that he could become a plebeian tribune. He married Cicero's daughter, Tullia, although he frequently engaged in extramarital affairs. Throughout his life he was an extreme profligate, something that Plutarch wrote reflected ill upon his patron Julius Caesar. Biography Early life His father was likely the urban praetor of 69 BC, Publius Cornelius Dolabella, who also served as governor of Asia. Dolabella was related to the Servilii Caepiones. Dolabella's birth date is uncertain. Military and political careers In the Civil Wars (49–45 BC) Dolabella at first took the side of Pompey, but afterwards went over to Julius Caesar, and was present when Caesar prevailed at the Battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
