Lucius Fundanius Lamia Aelianus was a
Roman senator
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active in the reigns of
Trajan and
Hadrian
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.
Biography
Early life
Lamia Aelianus was possibly the son of the empress
Domitia Longina
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and
Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus or their maternal grandson through a daughter Aelia Plautia and her husband a Lucius Fundanius, son of a Lucius Fundanius.
Ronald Syme identifies Lamia Aelianus as the brother of the surmised but undocumented
Plautia, who was married three times, and whose children married into the
Antonine dynasty.
Career
He was
ordinary consul in 116 with
Sextus Carminius Vetus
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as his colleague. He was later
proconsular governor of
Asia during 131 and 132.
Family
He married Rupilia, sister of
Rupilia Faustina
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, wife of
Marcus Annius Verus Marcus Annius Verus may refer to:
* Marcus Annius Verus (grandfather of Marcus Aurelius)
* Marcus Annius Verus (father of Marcus Aurelius)
* Marcus Annius Verus, emperor as Marcus Aurelius
* Marcus Annius Verus Caesar
Marcus Annius Verus Caesar ...
, three times consul, and perhaps daughter of
Lucius Scribonius Libo Rupilius Frugi Bonus and wife
Salonia Matidia
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, maternal niece of
Trajan, and had two known children, a son and a daughter. Their son was
Lucius Plautius Lamia Silvanus, consul in 145. Their daughter was Fundania, whose existence is inferred from the name of her daughter
Annia Fundania Faustina, daughter of
Marcus Annius Libo, consul in 128, and thus Libo's wife.
Anthony Birley
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Early life and education
Anthony ...
, ''Marcus Aurelius, a Biography'', revised edition (London: Routledge, 1987), p. 32
See also
*
List of Roman consuls
References
1st-century Romans
2nd-century Romans
Imperial Roman consuls
Roman governors of Asia
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Fundanii
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