Gaius Iulius Polybius
Gaius Iulius Polybius († 47 AD ) was an influential Roman freedman under Emperor Claudius .
Polybius was released by Emperor Caligula . During the reign of Claudius he enjoyed the special trust of the emperor, who accepted him into his closest circle of advisers. His job was to advise the emperor. As the holder of the office a libellis , he was responsible for the petitions to the emperor, which he had to arrange and submit to the emperor. He was also the emperor's librarian and advisor on educational issues. It is disputed whether he held the office of a studiis . Possibly he was also responsible for recommending and hiring the people whom the emperor had designated for the various promotions and offices. The relationship with Claudius' wife Messalina cost him his life. It is also recorded that Polybius had several brothers and a son and wife.
literature
- Gaius Iulius Polybius. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 10, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01480-0 , column 48.
- Johannes Christes : Slaves and Freedmen as Grammarians and Philologists in Ancient Rome . Freiburg 1977, ISBN 3-515-02864-1 .
- Thomas Kurth: Seneca's consolation to Polybius: Dialog 11: a comment . Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-519-07608-X .
- Fergus Millar : Emperors at work . In: Journal of Roman Studies . Volume 57, 1967, pp. 9-19.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Seneca , dialogus 11,5,2.
- ↑ Seneca, dialogus 11,6,4f. In addition Aloys Winterling : Aula Caesaris. Studies on the institutionalization of the Roman imperial court in the period from Augustus to Commodus (31 BC – 192 AD). Oldenbourg, Munich 1999, p. 95.
- ↑ Michael Grant : Rome's Caesars. From Julius Caesar to Domitian. Munich 1987, p. 178.
- ↑ Cassius Dio 60,31,2.
- ↑ Seneca, dialogus 11,12,1.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polybius, Gaius Iulius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Iulius Polybius, Gaius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman freedman, adviser to Emperor Claudius |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 47 |