Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus was a
Roman
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
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*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
during the reign of
Antoninus Pius
Antoninus Pius (Latin: ''Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius''; 19 September 86 – 7 March 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors from the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.
Born into a senatoria ...
. He was
consul prior in 143 with
Herodes Atticus
Herodes Atticus ( grc-gre, Ἡρώδης; AD 101–177) was an Athenian rhetorician, as well as a Roman senator. A great philanthropic magnate, he and his wife Appia Annia Regilla, for whose murder he was potentially responsible, commissioned ...
as his colleague. Flaccus Torquatus was the son of
Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus Tebanianus
Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus Tebanianus was a Roman senator during the reign of Hadrian. He was consul posterior in 124 with Manius Acilius Glabrio as his colleague.
The Bellicii were a family who had their origins in Vienne in Gaul. Torqu ...
, consul of 124, and the older brother of
Gaius Bellicius Calpurnius Torquatus
Gaius Bellicius Calpurnius Torquatus was a Roman senator during the reign of Antoninus Pius. He was consul posterior in 148 as the colleague of Lucius Octavius Cornelius Publius Salvius Julianus Aemilianus. Calpurnius Torquatus was the son of Gai ...
, consul of 148.
[Alföldy, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand'', pp. 323f]
See also
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Bellicia gens
The gens Bellicia was an aristocratic plebeian family at ancient Rome, which flourished during the first and second centuries. The Bellicii rose to prominence from Gallia Narbonensis, attaining senatorial status with Gaius Bellicius Natalis, who ...
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2nd-century Roman consuls
Flaccus Torquatus, Gaius