Gaius Pomponius Graecinus
Gaius Pomponius Graecinus († 38 ) was a Roman politician of the early imperial period and in the year 16 n. Chr. Suffektkonsul .
Graecinus came from the plebeian family of the Pomponiers . Nothing is known about his direct ancestors. He was an educated man and friend and patron of Ovid . An elegy by the Amores is addressed to Graecinus, who once told him that one cannot love two women at the same time. Ovid also wrote three letters to him from his exile. The fact that he asks Graecinus and his brother Flaccus to intercede with Augustus suggests that he had some influence. From the year 21 Pomponius Graecinus belonged to the fratres Arvales . According to the records of this college, he died in 38.
Graecinus had at least two brothers whom Ovid sends greetings along with his mother and wife, including Lucius Pomponius Flaccus , who held the consulate the year after Graecinus .
Pomponia Graecina , the wife of Aulus Plautius , who was charged in 58 for exercising a foreign superstition, was most likely the daughter of Pomponius Graecinus. He also had a son who had the same name as the father.
literature
- Werner Eck : Pomponius [II 11]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 10, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01480-0 .
Remarks
- ↑ Ovid: Amores 2.10.
- ↑ Ovid: epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from Pontus) 4, 9.69.
- ↑ Ovid: epistulae ex Ponto 2, 6, 15-16.
- ^ Tacitus : Annals 13, 32.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pomponius Graecinus, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Graecinus, Gaius Pomponius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 38 |