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Aulus Caecina Paetus (died AD 42) was a
Roman
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senator
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, who was condemned to death for his role in the revolt of
Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus
Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus was a Roman senator, who was active during the reign of Tiberius. He was consul in AD 32. Ten years later, he revolted against the emperor Claudius, but was swiftly defeated.''PIR'', vol. I, p. 145.
Family
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against the emperor
Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...
. He was
suffect consul in the ''
nundinium Nundinium was a Latin word derived from the word '' nundinum'', which referred to the cycle of days observed by the Romans. During the Roman Empire, ''nundinium'' came to mean the duration of a single consulship among several in a calendar year.
S ...
'' of September to December 37 with
Gaius Caninius Rebilus
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as his colleague.
When the sentence was handed down, it was determined that he would be allowed to kill himself rather than face the emperor's wrath. However, when the time came, Paetus wavered in his resolution to do so. His wife
Arria
Arria (also Arria Major) was a woman in ancient Rome. Her husband, Caecina Paetus, was ordered by the emperor Claudius to commit suicide for his part in a rebellion but was not capable of forcing himself to do so. Arria wrenched the dagger from ...
stabbed herself first in order to give him the courage to do this and handed him the dagger saying "''Non dolet, Paete!''" ("It doesn't hurt, Paetus!")
Pliny
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, ''Letters
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Tacitus
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The surviving portions of his t ...
, ''Annals
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Cassius Dio
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Martial
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Paetus and Arria had several children together. Those who survived to adulthood included:
*
Gaius Laecanius Bassus Caecina Paetus
Gaius Laecanius Bassus Caecina Paetus was a Roman senator of the early Roman Empire, whose known career flourished under the reign of Vespasian. He was suffect consul in the '' nundinium'' of November to December AD 70 as the colleague of Lucius ...
, suffect consul in 70, and adopted by
Gaius Laecanius Bassus
Gaius Laecanius Bassus was a Roman senator, who was active during the Principate. He was consul ''ordinarius'' for the year 64 AD with Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi as his colleague.
Originally from Pola in Istria, where his family owned imp ...
;
* Caecina Arria, wife of
Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus
Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus (died AD 66), Roman senator, who lived in the 1st century AD. Notable for his principled opposition to the emperor Nero and his interest in Stoicism, he was the husband of Arria, who was the daughter of A. Caecina ...
.
References
Further reading
* Georges Duby, Michelle Perrot, Pauline Schmitt. ''A History of Women in the West'', Volume I. Belknap Press. 2000
External links
Women's life in Greece and Rome
42 deaths
1st-century Romans
Ancient Romans who committed suicide
Paetus, Aulus
Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome
Suicides by sharp instrument in Italy
Year of birth unknown
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