Aulus Caecina Paetus

Arria et Pætus (sculpture by Pierre Lepautre and Jean-Baptiste Théodon, around 1690)

Aulus Caecina Paetus († 42 AD) was a Roman politician and senator .

Caecina Paetus was the suffect consulate in 37 .

In 42 Caecina Paetus took part in the Scribonianus conspiracy against Emperor Claudius and was sentenced to death for it. His wife Arria wanted to encourage him by sticking the dagger in her own chest; "Paete, non dolet" ("Paetus, it doesn't hurt.").

One son died before him, another son, Gaius Laecanius Bassus Caecina Paetus , was adopted by Gaius Laecanius Bassus and was a suffect consul in 70. The daughter of Caecina Paetus, Caecina Arria , was married to Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus .

literature

Edmund Groag : Caecina 22 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 1241.

Remarks

↑ CIL 14, 00245
↑ Pliny , Letters 3, 16, 6.
↑ Martial , Epigrams 1, 13.
↑ Pliny, Letters 3, 16, 3.

personal data
SURNAME	Caecina paetus, aulus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Paetus, aulus caecina; Paetus, Caecina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman suffect consul 70
DATE OF BIRTH	before 37
DATE OF DEATH	42

[1] CIL 14, 00245

[2] Pliny , Letters 3, 16, 6.

[3] Martial , Epigrams 1, 13.

[4] Pliny, Letters 3, 16, 3.