Lucius Antistius Burrus Adventus (–188 AD) was a Roman senator who lived in the 2nd century. He was one of the sons-in-law of the

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Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Latin: áːɾkus̠ auɾέːli.us̠ antɔ́ːni.us̠ English: ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good ...

and

Faustina the Younger Annia Galeria Faustina the Younger (born probably 21 September AD, – 175/176 AD) was Roman empress from 161 to her death as the wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, her maternal cousin. Faustina was the youngest child of Emperor Antoninus Pius a ...

. Burrus originally came from a

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family from

Thibilis Thibilis (a.k.a. Tibilis) was a Roman and Byzantine era town in what was Numidia but is today northeast Algeria. The site has extensive Roman and Byzantine ruins. History The numerous Latin inscriptions discovered on the site of Thibilis provided i ...

, a town near Hippo Regius in the

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. Although Burrus was born and raised in Thibilis, his family was not of very ancient lineage. He was the son of Quintus Antistius Adventus Aquilinus Postumus and Novia Crispina. His mother is known from an honorific inscription dedicated to her, dating from her husband's governorship of

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. Quintus Antistius Adventus (born around mid-120s), during the rule of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, served as a successful

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, quaestor, public construction official and governor in various provinces throughout the

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.Anthony Birley, ''The ''Fasti'' of Roman Britain'', (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981), pp. 129-132 Sometime before the death of Marcus Aurelius, Burrus married the Emperor's youngest daughter,

Vibia Aurelia Sabina Vibia Aurelia Sabina (170 AD – before 217 AD) was the youngest daughter and child born to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger. She was a sister to Roman Empress Lucilla and Roman Emperor Commodus. Her mater ...

, after which they returned to and settled in Thibilis. When Marcus Aurelius died in 180, Aurelia Sabina's brother Commodus succeeded her father as Emperor. In 181, Burrus served as an ordinary consul. In 188, Antistius Burrus was involved in a conspiracy against Commodus. When this conspiracy was uncovered, Antistius Burrus was put to death. His widow later remarried; it appears she had no children by Burrus.

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* Albino Garzetti, ''From Tiberius to the Antonines: a history of the Roman Empire AD 14-192'', 1974 * Anthony R. Birley, ''The Roman Government of Britain'', Oxford University Press, 2005 * Anthony R. Birley, ''Marcus Aurelius'', Routledge, 2000 *https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/4969/latin_literature.pdf?sequence=1 *http://thecorner.wordpress.com/2006/06/21/chapter-two-septimius-and-the-cursus-honorum/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Antistius Burrus, Lucius 140s births 188 deaths 2nd-century executions 2nd-century Romans Burrus, Lucius Executed Algerian people Executed ancient Roman people Imperial Roman consuls Nerva–Antonine dynasty People executed by the Roman Empire Senators of the Roman Empire Year of birth uncertain