Marcus Atilius Postumus Bradua was a

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during the later part of the first century. He was

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for the ''

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'' July-August 80 with Quintus Pompeius Trio as his colleague. He was also governor of

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in 94/95. Bradua is commonly believed to be the father of

Marcus Atilius Metilius Bradua Marcus Appius Bradua, also known by his full name Marcus Atilius Metilius BraduaBirley, ''Roman government'', p. 112 (Greek: ''Μαρκόν Άππιον Βραδούαν'' This version of his name is known from an honorific Greek stone inscrip ...

, suffect consul in 108; if so, his son's name indicates that Bradua married a Metilia.Olli Salomies, ''Adoptive and polyonymous nomenclature in the Roman Empire'', (Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1992), p. 107

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