Titus Pomponius Antistianus Funisulanus Vettonianus was a
Roman
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senator
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active in the first quarter of the second century AD. He was
suffect consul
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for the ''
nundinium Nundinium was a Latin word derived from the word '' nundinum'', which referred to the cycle of days observed by the Romans. During the Roman Empire, ''nundinium'' came to mean the duration of a single consulship among several in a calendar year.
S ...
'' of May to June AD 121 with
Lucius Pomponius Silvanus as his colleague. Vettonianus is known only from inscriptions.
The family background of Vettonianus is sketchy. Bernard Rémy, in his prosopography of imperial governors of
Anatolia
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, is certain he is not the same person as
Titus Pomponius Mamilianus Rufus Antistianus Funisulanus Vettonianus, attested as commander of
Legio XX Valeria Victrix, while admitting the two Funisulani are closely related. Besides the similar names, they share the same ''
tribus'', ''Galeria''.
[Rémy]
''Les carrières sénatoriales dans les provinces romaines d'Anatolie au Haut-Empire (31 av. J.-C. - 284 ap. J.-C.) (Pont-Bithynie, Galatie, Cappadoce, Lycie-Pamphylie et Cilicie)''
(Istanbul: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 1989), p. 298 Anthony Birley
Anthony Richard Birley (8 October 1937 – 19 December 2020) was a British ancient historian, archaeologist and academic. He was the son of Margaret Isabel (Goodlet) and historian and archaeologist Eric Birley.
Early life and education
Anthony ...
speculates that the legionary commander may be the father of our Vettonianus. It is also clear that both of these are somehow related to the Flavian general
Lucius Funisulanus Vettonianus, but that general belonged to a different tribe, Aniensis.
[ A fragmentary inscription found at Posta in central Italy mentions a '' ..e Funisulanae T(iti) f(iliae) uxoris'', who may be his wife or daughter; if so, it would suggest Vettonianus had some connection to the area.
Prior to his consulate, all we know for certain about the life of Vettonianus is that he was governor of the imperial province of Lycia et Pamphylia. Werner Eck dates his governorship from the years 117 to 120, between the governorship of his immediate predecessor Gaius Trebius Maximus and his consulship; Rémy concurs with these dates.][Rémy, ''Les carrières sénatoriales'', p. 297]
Vettonianus' life after he stepped down from the consulship is a blank.
References
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2nd-century Romans
Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome
Roman governors of Lycia et Pamphylia