Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator (Consul 118)

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Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator was a Roman politician and senator .

Fuscus came from Barcino in the Hispania Tarraconensis . His father of the same name was a suffect consul around the year 84 . Fuscus married the daughter of Lucius Iulius Ursus Servianus , Iulia Paulina. His mother-in-law Domitia Paulina was the sister of Emperor Hadrian . In order to learn the art of speaking, Fuscus joined Pliny the Younger . In 118 Fuscus became full consul with Hadrian . The date of his death is unknown. It is believed that he died before Hadrian, who died in 138.

Fuscus' son from his marriage to Iulia Paulina, Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator , was suspected of trying to eliminate the designated successor of Emperor Hadrian, Lucius Aelius Caesar , together with his grandfather Servianus . Supposedly the younger Fuscus himself aspired to become emperor. He was then executed together with Servianus.

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  1. Pliny, Letters 6:11; 7, 11 is addressed to Fuscus and gives him advice for his further education as a speaker. Fuscus is also the recipient of Letters 9, 36 and 9, 40, in which Pliny describes life on his estates.