Appius Annius Gallus (consul in the 2nd century)

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Appius Annius Gallus was a Roman politician and senator in the 2nd century AD. In 139 or 140 he officiated as consul .

Appius Annius Gallus was the descendant of the senator of the same name , who held the consulate in 67. The patrician family came from Italy, perhaps from the Umbrian city ​​of Iguvium (now Gubbio ). His father was Appius Annius Trebonius Gallus , full consul in 108.

As part of the Roman official career ( Cursus honorum ) he held the Quaestur and the Praetur . On the inscription of a senate resolution ( Senatusconsultum de postulatione Cyzicenorum ) he is finally referred to as " consul- designate ". This text can be dated to the period between December 5, 138 and the middle of the year 139 through the title of the later Emperor Marcus Aurelius . The designation of a pair of Roman consuls took place no later than January 9th of the year in which they held the office. Appius Annius Gallus must have held the consulate in 139 or 140.

Géza Alföldy tried to justify why Annius Gallus, unlike his father, did not become a full consul, but only received a less respected suffect consulate . He sees the reason in the fact that the ruling emperor Antoninus Pius , his adoptive son Mark Aurel and Gaius Bruttius Praesens, who had previously been consul, were already selected as consuls for the years 139 and 140 . To compensate for this, Appius Annius Gallus was in office immediately after the emperor and possibly had a second consulate in prospect. A second term of office is just as little known as the holding of other offices; apparently he died before he could have held the consulate again.

Occasionally, however, he was identified with a Gallus, of whom no other name components are known and who, according to an inscription, was consul with a Marcellus. This consulate is occupied for December 25th of a year between 149 and 153.

In the Exedra , which his son Herod Atticus in Olympia was built, was on a base of marble inscription found in the Eleier Appius Annius Gallus honor. In addition to his official career, his activity as pontiff is also documented there; he was accepted into this college of priests (probably not for too long) after his consulate. The marble base included a statue of Appius Annius Gallus, which has been preserved with the exception of the head and is now in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia .

Annius Gallus was married to Atilia Caucidia Tertulla, the daughter of Marcus Appius (Atilius) Bradua (who in turn is either identical to Marcus Atilius Metilius Bradua, consul in 108, or at least a close relative of this). Their son was Appius Annius Atilius Bradua , full consul in 160. The daughter Appia Annia Regilla Atilia Caucidia Tertulla married the Greek orator, Roman politician and wealthy patron Herodes Atticus in 139 .

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  2. ↑ CIL 3, 7060 . See also the bibliography for the inscription in the Roman Law Library by Yves Lassard.
  3. ^ Hans-Georg Pflaum : Le Reglement Successoral d'Hadrien. In: Historia-Augusta-Colloquium Bonn 1963 (= Antiquitas . Series 4, Volume 2). Rudolf Habelt, Bonn 1964, pp. 95–122, here pp. 110–114.
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  6. ↑ CIL 5, 4092
  7. ^ Paul von Rohden : Annius 50 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2268 (with the other documents).
  8. ↑ Ernst Curtius , Friedrich Adler (Ed.): Olympia. The results of the excavation organized by the German Reich. Volume 5: Inscriptions. Edited by Wilhelm Dittenberger and Karl Purgold . A. Asher & Co., Berlin 1896, Col. 627 f., No. 619 ( online ).
  9. ↑ Leonhard Schumacher : Prosopographical investigations on the occupation of the four high Roman priests colleges in the age of the Antonine and Severer (96–235 AD). Dissertation, University of Mainz 1973, p. 202 f.
  10. ↑ Plancia Magna, Aurelia Paulina, and Regilla: Civic donor. vroma.org, accessed November 15, 2016.
  11. ^ Index of Images, Part XIII: Barbara F. McManus. vroma.org, accessed November 16, 2016.
  12. ^ Anthony R. Birley : The Roman Government of Britain. Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-925237-4 , pp. 112-114.
  13. ↑ PIR 2 , A 654.
  14. ^ Sarah B. Pomeroy : The Murder of Regilla. A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) / London 2007, ISBN 978-0-674-02583-7 (biography of daughter Annia Regilla).
personal data
SURNAME Annius Gallus, Appius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gallus, Appius Annius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 139 or 140
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century or 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century