Gaius Anicius Cerialis
Gaius Anicius Cerialis was a 1st century Roman politician and senator .
Cerialis was charged in 40 with his stepson Sextus Papinius, a Betilienus Bassus, quaestor and son of a procurator , as well as another senator of conspiracy against Emperor Caligula , in which he betrayed the attack on the emperor and thus got away with his life. In this context, Tacitus reports that Cerialis attracted attention under Emperor Nero for its particular opportunism; After the Pisonian conspiracy in 65, he put the motion in the Senate - Cerialis was currently holding the suffect consulate - a temple should be built for the divine Nero at the expense of the community. When Cerialis himself was reported not much later by Annaeus Mela, Seneca's brother , and committed suicide , people, according to Tacitus, had little pity for him, as it was remembered that he had betrayed a conspiracy against Caligula at the time.
literature
- Rudolf Hanslik : Anicius II, No. 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, Col. 354.
- Steven H. Rutledge: Imperial Inquisitions. Prosecutors and informants from Tiberius to Domitian . Routledge, London 2001, ISBN 0-415-23700-9 , pp. 188-189 .
Remarks
- ↑ Cassius Dio , Römische Geschichte 59,25,5; Tacitus , Annals 16.17.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annals 16:17.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anicius Cerialis, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anicius cerialis; Cerialis, Gaius Anicius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman suffect consul 65 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 22 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 64 |