Gaius Bruttius Praesens (Consul 139)

Gaius Bruttius Praesens Lucius Fulvius Rusticus († 140 in Rome) was a member of the gens Bruttia from Lucania .

After an initially slow senatorial career, Bruttius was promoted by Hadrian . Previously he was triumvir capitalis (head of the prisons), tribunus laticlavius (military tribune with a “wide purple border” on the tunic ) and quaestor in an unknown province. His wife was Laberia Crispina . Around 114 he was honored as a legate of the legio VI Ferrata in the war against the Parthian Empire . After Hadrian came to power, Bruttius was appointed governor of Cilicia . By military diplomas is evidence that it 118 or 119 (or 120 or 121) along with Quintus Aburnius Caedicianus first consul was. From 121 to 124 he was legate of Cappadocia . Further diplomas prove that he was governor of the Roman province of Moesia inferior (Lower Moesia ) on June 1, 125 and August 20, 127 ; his tenure in the province probably lasted from 124 to 128. He was also the proconsul of Africa , where two equestrian statues were erected for him - possibly around 133. He then received a special mission in Syria (138). Another diploma, dated February 13, 139, proves that he was in 139 together with Antoninus Pius for the second time full consul; possibly he is also listed as consul in an inscription dated April 8, 139. Bruttius died in 140 while attending the city ​​prefecture .

Bruttius' son of the same name was consul in 153 and 180, while his granddaughter Bruttia Crispina was married to Emperor Commodus .

See also

• List of Roman consuls
• List of governors of Lower Moesia

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• AE 1950, 00066

literature

• Walter Henze : Bruttius 5) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 912 f.
• Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR), 2nd edition, B 164.
• Bengt E. Thomasson : Fasti Africani. Senatorial and knightly officials in the Roman provinces of North Africa from Augustus to Diocletian (= Skrifter utgivna av svenska institutet i Rom / Acta instituti romani regni sueciae. Volume 4 °, LIII). Paul Åström, Stockholm 1996, ISBN 91-7042-153-6 , p. 57 f.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Military diplomas of the years 121 ( RMD 5, 349 , RMD 5, 350 , ZPE-185-246 ), 125 ( RMD 4, 235 , RMD 5, 364 , Chiron-2009-537 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 241 , ZPE-165-232 ) and 139 ( RMD 1, 38 ).
2. ↑ Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: A Consul suffectus Q. Aburnius in three fragmentary diplomas In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE), Volume 185 (2013), pp. 239–246, here pp. 243–246 ( online ).
3. ↑ Inscription (IGR IV 1397).
4. ↑ Werner Eck: The Fasti consulares of the reign of Antoninus Pius. An inventory since Géza Alföldy's consulate and senatorial status In: Studia Epigraphica in memoriam Géza Alföldy, Bonn 2013, ISBN 978-3-7749-3866-3 , pp. 69–90, here p. 72 ( online ).
5. ↑ Fasti Ostienses , EAOR-04,13, C (aius) Bruttius Praesens praef (ectus) urbis / excessit