Lucius Fulcinius Trio

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Lucius Fulcinius Trio († 35 AD) was a Roman senator in the early Imperial period .

Lucius Fulcinius Trio came from a previously insignificant plebeian family. His date and place of birth are just as unknown as the beginning of his course honorum . He only became tangible as a member of the Roman Senate in AD 16, when he, along with Firmius Catus and Fonteius Agrippa, accused the incumbent Praetor Marcus Scribonius Libo Drusus according to the Lex Iulia maiestatis for allegedly conjuring up spirits. In fact, the trial against Scribonius Libo was probably about the fact that he was suspected of wanting to become Princeps himself as the grandson of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus . Scribonius Libo, who was not granted a requested pardon, committed suicide on September 13, 16. Since the Lex Iulia maiestatis stipulated that part of the confiscated property was to be distributed to the accusers, the Fulcinius Trio, regarded as a speaker, received part of Libo's property as reward for his efforts. In addition, he was also appointed praetor extraordinarius .

Charges against colleagues for high treason were worthwhile: In the year 20 the trial of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso was pending for the alleged murder of the heir to the throne Germanicus and other state crimes. That is why Fulcinius Trio applied to the consuls to be allowed to appear as an additional prosecutor against Piso. The friends of Germanicus, who themselves had brought the indictment, contradicted the additional indictment, but finally agreed that Fulcinius could only indict crimes that had been committed before the alleged murder of Germanicus in Syria . Emperor Tiberius now promised Fulcinius support in running for office.

Fulcinius, who had joined the Praetorian prefect Seianus as the most powerful man in Rome after Tiberius, became the representative governor of the province of Lusitania , where he is occupied in the year 31. For the second half of the same year he became a suffect consul . However, after the fall and execution of Sejan, he fell out of favor. Already in his consulate year 31 he quarreled with his counterpart Publius Memmius Regulus , by whom he was accused of having participated in Seian's plot. Some senators made sure that Fulcinius was spared a lawsuit. Decimus Haterius Agrippa renewed the attacks in 32 and spoke against the consuls of the previous year, but did not get through. In 35 Fulcinius was eventually accused of his friendship with Seian and committed suicide as a result.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tacitus , Annales 2, 27-32.
  2. ↑ Tacitus, Annales 2, 31. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum I, 402 and 577.
  3. ^ Tacitus, Annales 2:32.
  4. ↑ Tacitus, Annales 3:13 , 1.
  5. ^ Tacitus, Annales 3:19 .
  6. ^ AE 1953, 88 .
  7. ↑ L. Vidman: Fasti Ostienses. P. 13; Tacitus, Annales 5, 11, 1.
  8. ↑ Tacitus, Annales 6, 4, 2ff.
  9. ↑ Tacitus, Annales 6:38, 2; Cassius Dio 58, 25, 2ff.
personal data
SURNAME Fulcinius Trio, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trio, Lucius Fulcinius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION roman senator
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 35