Maternus or Matiernus may refer to:
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Marcus Cornelius Nigrinus Curiatius Maternus
Marcus Cornelius Nigrinus Curiatius Maternus was a Roman senator and general during the reign of Domitian. He was suffect consul during the ''nundinium'' of September to October AD 83 with Lucius Calventius Sextius Carminius Vetus. Although some ...
(c. 40–c. 97), Roman senator and suffect consul of AD 83
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Curiatius Maternus
Curiatius Maternus () appears in the ''Dialogus de oratoribus'' (Dialogue on orators) of Tacitus. He was an author of tragedies in Latin, having composed a ''Domitius'', a ''Medea'', and a ''Cato'' by AD 74 or 75. He may be identified with the sop ...
, who appears in
Tacitus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historiography, Roman historians by modern scholars.
The surviving portions of his t ...
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Dialogus de oratoribus
The ''Dialogus de oratoribus'' is a short work attributed to Tacitus, in dialogue form, on the art of rhetoric. Its date of composition is unknown, though its dedication to Lucius Fabius Justus places its publication around 102 AD.
Summary
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Julius Maternus
The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the c ...
or Matiernus (fl. 87–90), Roman
explorer of western Africa
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Maternus (rebel)
Maternus was a former soldier of the Roman Empire who rebelled during the reign of Commodus.
In popular culture
There is a play based upon the story of Maternus as told by Herodian
Herodian or Herodianus ( el, Ἡρωδιανός) of Syria, s ...
(fl. 187), rebel leader during the reign of
Commodus
Commodus (; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was a Roman emperor who ruled from 177 to 192. He served jointly with his father Marcus Aurelius from 176 until the latter's death in 180, and thereafter he reigned alone until his assassination. ...
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Maternus of Cologne
:''Saint Maternus of Milan was bishop of Milan''.
Maternus (c. 285–September 14, 315 AD), also known as Maternus II, was the first known bishop of Cologne, reportedly also the third bishop of Trier, and founder of the diocese of Tongeren. H ...
(285–315; in legend, fl. 1st century), bishop of Trier and Cologne and Catholic saint
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Maternus (bishop of Milan)
Maternus ( it, Materno) was Archbishop of Milan from c. 316 to c. 328. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on July 18.
Life
Almost nothing is known about the life of Maternus. In 316, he was elected bishop of M ...
(fl. 316–328), Archbishop of Milan and Catholic saint
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Julius Firmicus Maternus
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Julius Firmicus Maternus was a Roman Latin writer and astrologer, who received a pagan classical education that made him conversant with Greek; he lived in the reign of Constantine I (306 to 337 AD) and his successors. His triple career m ...
(fl. 334–346), Latin writer, astrologer, and Christian apologist
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Maternus Cynegius
Maternus Cynegius (died 388) was a Roman bureaucrat and close confidant of the emperor Theodosius I. He held the offices of praetorian prefect of the East (384–388) and consul (388), and has been widely blamed by historians for instigating the w ...
(fl. 381–388), praetorian prefect and consul
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