Gaius Caninius Rebilus (died 12 BC) was a
Roman
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Senator
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, who was appointed
suffect consul in 12 BC with
Lucius Volusius Saturninus as his colleague.
Biography
Caninius Rebilus was the son of
Gaius Caninius Rebilus
The gens Caninia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome during the later Republic. The first member of the gens who obtained any of the curule offices was Gaius Caninius Rebilus, praetor in 171 BC; but the first Caninius who was consul was his ...
, suffect consul in 45 BC. A member of the ''
Quindecimviri'', he was listed for a suffect consulship in 11 BC. However, in 12 BC he was appointed
suffect consul, replacing
Valgius Rufus Gaius Valgius Rufus, was a Roman senator, and a contemporary of Horace and Maecenas. He succeeded Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus as suffect consul upon the latter's death in 12 BC. Rufus is best known as a writer of elegies and epigrams, and h ...
. He died while still serving in office.
[Syme, pg. 153] His son was probably
Gaius Caninius Rebilus
The gens Caninia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome during the later Republic. The first member of the gens who obtained any of the curule offices was Gaius Caninius Rebilus, praetor in 171 BC; but the first Caninius who was consul was his ...
, the suffect consul of AD 37.
Sources
* Syme, Ronald, ''The Augustan Aristocracy'' (1986)
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References
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1st-century BC Romans
12 BC deaths
Senators of the Roman Empire
Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome
Rebilus, Gaius
Year of birth unknown