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Gaius Ummidius Quadratus Annianus Verus was a
consul suffectus A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politic ...
around the year 146 CE.


Family

He was born in 110 to
Gaius Ummidius Quadratus Sertorius Severus Gaius Ummidius Quadratus Sertorius Severus was a Roman senator active during the second century AD. He was suffect consul ''in absentia'' for the ''nundinium'' of May to June 118 as the colleague of the emperor Hadrian. He is more frequently known ...
and
Ummidia Quadratilla Ummidia Quadratilla, was a wealthy Roman woman and was a member of the gens Ummidia. She died in the reign of Emperor Trajan (98-117) within a little of eighty years of age, leaving two-thirds (''ex besse'') of her fortune to her grandson and the ...
. However, it is possible that he was adopted by Ummidia. Ummidius Quadratus married
Annia Cornificia Faustina Annia Cornificia Faustina (122/123between 152 and 158) was the youngest child and only daughter of the praetor Marcus Annius Verus and Domitia Lucilla. The parents of Cornificia came from wealthy senatorial families who were of consular rank. H ...
in 136, at age 26. They had three children, only two of whom are known by name:
Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus (138–182) was a Roman Senator and the nephew of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. He was involved in an unsuccessful plot to assassinate his cousin the Emperor Commodus, which led to his execution afterwards. Offic ...
, and Ummidia Cornificia Antonia.


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{{Reflist Ummidii 110 Imperial Roman consuls 110 births