Gaius Rubellius Blandus

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Gaius Rubellius Blandus (* in Tibur ; † after 42 AD ) was a Roman senator of the early Imperial period.

Rubellius came from Tibur ; his family originally belonged to the knighthood . He began his political career in 1 AD as quaestor Augusti . He was a military tribune in 6 AD, praetor in 11 AD and a suffect consul in AD 18 . Tacitus mentions that in AD 20 he moved in the Senate to ban Aemilia Lepida, wife of the Germanicus son Drusus , and voted against the banishment of the poet Clutorius Priscus the following year . In 33 he married Iulia Livia , granddaughter of the Emperor Tiberius and widow of Nero Caesar . His son from this marriage, Rubellius Plautus , was executed in AD 62 when rumors were raised that he was planning a revolt against Nero . In 35/36 AD Rubellius Blandus was proconsul of the province of Africa . After his return, he and other members of the imperial family belonged to a commission that dealt with the damage caused by a fire on the Aventine . He also served as pontiff .

literature

  • Borja Díaz Ariño: Was C. Rubellius Blandus Involved in the Exploitation of the Silver Mines of Carthago Nova? In: Historia 68 (2019), pp. 228-232.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c CIL 14, 3576 .
  2. ↑ a b Tacitus, Annalen 6, 27, 1.
  3. ↑ CIL 14, 3555 .
  4. ↑ CIL 6, 14221 .
  5. ↑ Tacitus, Annals 3, 23.
  6. ^ Tacitus, Annalen 3, 51, 1.
  7. ↑ a b AE 1948, 1 .
  8. ^ Tacitus, Annals 6, 45, 2.
personal data
SURNAME Rubellius Blandus, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blandus, Gaius Rubellius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman senator, suffect consul 18
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC Chr.
PLACE OF BIRTH Tibur
DATE OF DEATH after 42