Gaius Bellicius Calpurnius Torquatus was a
Roman senator during the reign of
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 senatori ...
. He was
consul posterior in 148 as the colleague of
Lucius Octavius Cornelius Publius Salvius Julianus Aemilianus. Calpurnius Torquatus was the son of
Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus Tebanianus
Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus Tebanianus was a Roman senator during the reign of Hadrian. He was consul posterior in 124 with Manius Acilius Glabrio as his colleague.
The Bellicii were a family who had their origins in Vienne in Gaul. Torq ...
, consul of 124, and the younger brother of
Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus, consul of 143.
Subsequent to his consulate, Calpurnius Torquatus was
patron
Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings, popes, and the wealthy have provided to artists su ...
of the Roman town of
Vienne
Vienne (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Viéne'') is a landlocked department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It takes its name from the river Vienne. It had a population of 438,435 in 2019.[Gaul
Gaul ( la, Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic and Aquitani tribes, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, most of Switzerland, parts of Northern Italy (only during ...]
.
See also
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Bellicia gens
References
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2nd-century Roman consuls
Calpurnius Torquatus, Gaius