Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus

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Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus was a Roman military man and politician.

In 99 Palma was the first full consul alongside Quintus Sosius Senecio . The consulate in this early phase of Trajan's reign suggests a close connection to the emperor. From 99/100 to 101/102 Palma was consular legate in the province of Hispania citerior and from 104/05 to 108 in Syria . From there he annexed parts of Arabia , including the Nabatean Empire of Petra , which was then established as a new praetorical province. For his military success as commander in chief of the troops from parts of the provincial armies of Syria and Egypt as well as the occupation army of Judea during the annexation, he was honored with the triumphal insignia and a bronze statue at the Augustus Forum. Therefore, according to Karl Strobel, it can be assumed that the annexation of the Nabatean Empire could not have taken place without fighting. Palma is also believed to have been the initiator of Trajan's fifth imperial acclamation, which was made by the forces commanded by Palma and accepted by Trajan. In 109 he became full consul for the second time, now at the side of Publius Calvisius Tullus Ruso .

Towards the end of Trajan's life, Palma was allegedly suspected of seeking emperor himself. After Trajan's death, he was executed in the first months of Hadrian's reign by his Praetorian prefect Publius Acilius Attianus , at the same time as Lucius Publilius Celsus , Lusius Quietus and Avidius Nigrinus. The four were suspected of disapproving of Hadrian's takeover and of wanting to use force against it. The execution of members of the Senate without a Senate resolution subsequently led to tension between the new emperor and the Senate and to the dismissal of Attianus for the purpose of appeasement.

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  1. ↑ See CIL 6, 1386 = Inscriptiones Latinae selectae 1023; however, the beginning of the inscription with the name of the honoree is lost.
  2. ^ Karl Strobel: Emperor Trajan. An epoch of world history , Pustet, Regensburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7917-2172-9 , p. 271.
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SURNAME Cornelius Palma Frontonianus, Aulus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 99 and 109
DATE OF BIRTH before 99
DATE OF DEATH after 109