Lucius Caesennius Antoninus
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Lucius Caesennius Antoninus (c. 95after 128) was a Roman aristocrat. He was suffect consul for the ''
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 ...
'' of February to March 128 with
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as his colleague. His ancestry is uncertain.
Ronald Syme Sir Ronald Syme, (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. He was regarded as the greatest historian of ancient Rome since Theodor Mommsen and the most brilliant exponent of the history of the Roman ...
stated that it was possible he was the son of
Lucius Caesennius Sospes Lucius Caesennius Sospes was a Roman senator of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Through his mother, Flavia Sabina, a cousin of the Roman emperors Titus and Domitian, his connections enabled him to hold a series of civil and military imperial appoi ...
, consul in 114, but in a footnote Syme admitted Antoninus could be the grandson of his brother
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, consul in 79.Syme
"The Enigmatic Sospes"
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Journal of Roman Studies The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (The Roman Society) was founded in 1910 as the sister society to the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. The Society is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom for those intereste ...
'', 67 (1977), p. 46 and n. 92


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Caesennius Antoninus, Lucius Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome Flavian dynasty Antoninus, Lucius Nerva–Antonine dynasty 2nd-century Romans 90s births 2nd-century deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death unknown