Anteia (wife of Helvidius Priscus)
Anteia was a noble Roman living in the second half of the first century.
Anteia was married to the younger Helvidius Priscus , a son of the stoic philosopher and politician Gaius Helvidius Priscus . The couple had two daughters named Helvidia, both of whom died young in childbed, and a son. The younger Helvidius Priscus was executed on Domitian's orders in 93 AD for allegedly criticizing the divorce of the emperor of Domitia Longina in a dramatic farce . His wife Anteia was allowed to stay in Rome .
After Domitian's assassination in 96 AD, Anteia's step-mother-in-law, Fannia , and her mother, the younger Arria , who had been exiled under Domitian, returned to Rome. Together with Anteia they supported the younger Pliny to avenge the death of Anteia's husband by legal means. In AD 97, Pliny tried to prosecute the Praetorian Publicius Certus, who was particularly involved in the execution of Helvidius . Senator Gaius Iulius Cornutus Tertullus sided with Pliny and remarked that the ladies of the Helvidius family did not necessarily want Certus to be punished, but at least wanted a reprimand against him. Although Pliny’s legal efforts were largely in vain, Emperor Nerva Certus at least removed his office; moreover, Certus did not reach the consulate .
Anteia's later fate is not known.
literature
- Werner Eck : Anteia 2. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , column 725.
- Paul von Rohden : Anteius 5. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2349.
Remarks
- ↑ Pliny , Epistulae 9, 13, 4 .
- ↑ Pliny, Epistulae 4, 21, 1ff.
- ^ Suetonius , Domitian 10 ; see. Pliny, Epistulae 3, 11, 3 .
- ↑ Pliny, Epistulae 9, 13, 16 and 9, 13, 23.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anteia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman noblewoman, wife of the younger Helvidius Priscus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 97 |