Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus Tebanianus was a

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during the reign of

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. He was consul posterior in 124 with Manius Acilius Glabrio as his colleague. The Bellicii were a family who had their origins in

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. Torquatus Tebanianus was the son of

Gaius Bellicius Natalis Gavidius Tebanianus 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, wh ...

, suffect consul of AD 87, and Calpurnia Arria, the daughter of

Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas (fl. 1st century – 2nd century AD) was a Roman senator who achieved the office of ''consul ordinarius'' twice, first under Domitian and later under Hadrian. Biography Torquatus Asprenas was the son of ...

, suffect consul for some ''

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 ...

'' between 72 and 74. He had two sons, who both achieved the honor of ordinary consuls:

Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus was a Roman senator during the reign of Antoninus Pius. He was consul prior in 143 with Herodes Atticus as his colleague. Flaccus Torquatus was the son of Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus Tebanianus, consul of ...

, consul of 143; and

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

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