Lucius Calventius Sextus Carminius Vetus was a

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senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

, who was active during the reign of

Trajan Trajan ( ; la, Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 539/11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially declared ''optimus princeps'' ("best ruler") by the senate, Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presi ...

. He was suffect consul in 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 September to October AD 83 as the colleague of

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 ...

. He is known entirely from inscriptions. Carmeninius Vetus received his polyonomous name from his father,

Lucius Calventius Vetus Carminius Lucius Calventius Vetus Carminius was a Roman senator who flourished during the Principate. He was suffect consul in AD 51, replacing Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus. Carminius is known entirely from inscriptions. In his monograph on ...

, suffect consul in 51. This arose, according to Olli Salomies, apparently because "he was originally a Carminius (Vetus?) and that he was adopted by a L. Calventius." Vetus had a brother, Lucius Carminius Lusitanicus, suffect consul in 81. Only one office is known to have been held by Vetus,

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ate of

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in 96/97. While governor, he sponsored the great grandfather of Titus Flavius Carminius Athenagoras Claudianus, suffect consul around 190 for citizenship; the connection was honored by the man adopting not only elements of emperor Trajan's name for his own (namely "Marcus Ulpius"), but also the proconsul's ''gentilicum'' "Carminius", which were passed down to the father of the suffect consul, Marcus Ulpius Carminius Claudianus. A number of other people are connected to Carminius Vetus. A ''kalator'' who flourished around 102, L. Calventius Eunomius, is sometimes thought to be the '' cliens'' of Vetus.

Sextus Carminius Vetus Sextus is an ancient Roman '' praenomen'' or "first name". Its standard abbreviation is Sex., and the feminine form would be Sexta. It is one of the numeral ''praenomina'', like Quintus ("fifth") and Decimus ("tenth"), and means "sixth". Althoug ...

, ordinary consul in 116 is thought to be his son based on similarities of name, and

, ordinary consul in 150, is thought to be his grandson.

Géza Alföldy Géza Alföldy (June 7, 1935 – November 6, 2011) was a Hungarian historian of ancient history. Life Géza Alföldy was born in Budapest. He studied at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Budapest from 1953 to 1958, where he in ...

, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen'' (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 324

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