Titus Aurelius Fulvus was a

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, who was active during the reign of

Domitian Domitian (; la, Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 81 to 96. The son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, his two predecessors on the throne, he was the last member of the Flavi ...

. Fulvus is best known as the father of Roman Emperor

Antoninus Pius Antoninus Pius (Latin: ''Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius''; 19 September 86 – 7 March 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors from the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Born into a senatoria ...

. His father, also named

Titus Aurelius Fulvus Titus Aurelius Fulvus may refer to: * Titus Aurelius Fulvus (grandfather of Antoninus Pius) Titus Aurelius Fulvus was a Roman consul and grandfather of the emperor Antoninus Pius; as his son by the same name was Pius's father. Biography Titus A ...

, had also been twice consul and promoted to the

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class.

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Titus Aurelius Fulvus was ordinary consul in 89 with

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as his colleague.Gallivan, "The Fasti", p. 191 This Fulvus has been described by

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as a "stern and upright man". The younger Fulvus married Arria Fadilla, a daughter of the consul

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and friend to the historian

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. Their only child was Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus, who was born in

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(modern Lanuvio),

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, on 19 September 86; who was raised by Fulvus' father-in-law after his early death. This son became the emperor

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Roman-empire.net

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Imperial Roman consuls People from Nîmes

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