Arria the Younger
Arria the Younger was a distinguished Roman who belonged to the gens Arria . She lived in the 1st century.
Life
Arria the Younger was the daughter of Senator Aulus Caecina Paetus and the elder Arria . The Roman poet Aulus Persius Flaccus was one of their relatives . She married the stoicist Senator Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus .
Arria gave birth to her husband, a daughter named Fannia , who married the Stoic philosopher and politician Gaius Helvidius Priscus around AD 55 . The latter had a son from his first marriage, the younger Helvidius Priscus , who married a wife named Anteia .
Thrasea Paetus was one of the heads of the opposition to Emperor Nero . He was tried and convicted in AD 66, but was allowed to choose the method by which he would die. In stoic calm he let his veins open, but ordered his wife Arria, who intended to part with him after the example of her mother, in order to preserve her life in the interests of her daughter. Arria complied with her husband's request.
Around 75 AD, the exiled Gaius Helvidius Priscus was eliminated on behalf of Emperor Vespasian . Priscus' widow Fannia later had a laudatory biography of her murdered husband written and was therefore indicted under Emperor Domitian in 93 AD. Although she denied that her mother had been informed, both women were sent into exile. After Domitian's murder (96 AD), Arria and Fannia returned to Rome .
At the request of their younger Pliny friend , Arria and Fannia then supported Anteia in a process through which the memory of the younger Helvidius Priscus, who was killed on the orders of Domitian, was to be restored. However, Pliny 's attempts in this regard were unsuccessful.
Arria's year of death has not been recorded.
literature
- Simone Follet: Arria (minor). In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 1, CNRS, Paris 1989, ISBN 2-222-04042-6 , p. 596
- Bernhard Kytzler : women of antiquity. Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 1997, ISBN 3-458-33598-6 , p. 33.
Remarks
- ↑ Tacitus , Annalen 16, 34; Vita Persii , p. 35f. ed. Jahn; see. Pliny the Younger , Epistulae 3, 16, 10.
- ↑ Pliny, Epistulae 3, 16, 2; 7, 19, 3; 9, 13, 3.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annalen 16, 33ff.
- ^ Suetonius , Vespasian 15.
- ↑ Pliny, Epistulae 3, 11, 3; 7, 19, 5f .; 9, 13, 5; Tacitus, Agricola 45.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arria the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman noblewoman, wife of Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 96 |