Gnaeus Claudius Severus Arabianus

Gnaeus Claudius Severus Arabianus (* around 113) was a Roman politician, senator and philosopher .

Severus' family came from Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia . He was a son of Gaius Claudius Severus , who was a suffect consul in 112 . In 146 Severus became an ordinary consul . His son Gnaeus Claudius Severus was a full consul under his father-in-law, Marcus Aurelius .

Severus was a man of the spirit and had a great philosophical reputation. As a follower of peripatetic philosophy, he was the teacher of the future emperor Marcus Aurelius. In the Historia Augusta it is said that the young Marcus Aurelius heard lectures from him, and the emperor commemorates him in his self-reflections :

“My brother Severus was a role model for me in love for my loved ones as well as truth and justice. Through him I became acquainted with a Thrasea, Cato, Dion and Brutus and gained an idea of ​​a state that administers according to the same laws and the principle of civil and legal equality, and of an empire where the freedom of the citizens is respected becomes. He further instructed me to persevere in steadfast admiration of philosophy, to be charitable and generous, to hope for the best of my friends and to trust in their love, also to express any disapproval against them without reserve and to make them known openly, what I and what not expect from you without letting you guess for a long time. "

See also

• List of Roman consuls

literature

• Edmund Groag : Claudius 350 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 2869.
• Stéphane Toulouse: Severus Arabianus (cn. Claudius). In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 6, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2016, ISBN 978-2-271-08989-2 , pp. 241–244
• Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR )² C 1027

Remarks

1. ↑ Historia Augusta , Marcus 3,3.
2. ↑ Mark Aurel, Self- Contemplations 1.14.