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Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus (consul 38)
Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus was a Roman senator who was active in the first century. Life He was appointed suffect consul in 38 as the colleague of Servius Asinius Celer. Quinctilianus was the son of the homonymous consul of the year 8, and Sosia, a daughter of Gaius Sosius, consul in 32 BC. He known to have at least one brother, Lucius Nonius Quinctilianus. At some point prior to holding the republican magistracy of plebeian tribune, Quinctilianus had been admitted to the ''Quindecimviri sacris faciundis'', a prestigious priesthood charged with guarding the Sibylline Books. In the year 32, while plebeian tribune, he proposed adding a new volume from Lucius Caninius Gallus to the collection of canonical Sibylline Books; however, the emperor Tiberius gently rebuked Quinctilianus for the proposal, reminding him that this proposed supplement had not passed through the expected procedure and directed that the volume be referred back to the full priesthood for their review and jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, and was ruled by emperors. From the accession of Caesar Augustus as the first Roman emperor to the military anarchy of the 3rd century, it was a Principate with Italia as the metropole of its provinces and the city of Rome as its sole capital. The Empire was later ruled by multiple emperors who shared control over the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. The city of Rome remained the nominal capital of both parts until AD 476 when the imperial insignia were sent to Constantinople following the capture of the Western capital of Ravenna by the Germanic barbarians. The adoption of Christianity as the state church of the Roman Empire in AD 380 and the fall of the Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
