Marcus Caelius Faustinus
Marcus Caelius Faustinus was a Roman senator and in 206 AD he became a suffect consul with Publius Tullius Marsus .
Faustinus and his colleague Marsus had been completely unknown until they found a military diploma . Hardly anything can be deduced about Faustinus from his insignificant name. A Caelius Calvinus was a suffect consul before 184, he should be the father of Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus , who in turn came to the suffect consulate around 200, perhaps shortly before. Furthermore, a Caelius Oneratus as governor of the province of Thrace under Septimius Severus and a consular Caelius Felix, who was executed by Commodus , is attested. But there is no genealogical connection to any of them. This also applies to a Marcus Caelius Iulianus, tribunus laticlavius at the legio XIII Gemina and a Marcus Caelius Flavus Proculus, who was buried as a Praetorian at Capua .
However, the genealogy of a Marcia Caelia Procilla could give an indication of the origin and the family relationship. Because Marcia Caelia Procilla, wife of clarissimus vir Publius Flavius Pomponianus Pudens, was the daughter or at least descendant of a Marcus Caelius Saturninus who, as a flamen perpetuus in Timgad, erected statues for Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius Caesar . It should belong to the later 2nd or the beginning of the 3rd century. It is a common occurrence that the descendants of urban dignitaries who had become flamines in the municipal or provincial framework , possibly also through the support of senatorial relatives, transferred to the senatorial status. So it is very possible to see in Faustinus a descendant of the flamen perpetuus from Thamugadi. However, he was more likely to have been his grandson than son. It cannot be said whether later Caelii, whose origin is suspected to be from Pupput or Sufetula , are related to him.
literature
- Werner Eck , Hans Lieb: A diploma for the Classis Ravennas from November 22, 206 . In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 96 (1993), pp. 75-88 ( PDF, 3.8 MB ).
swell
- ↑ AE 1993, 1789 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Caelius Faustinus, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Faustinus, Marcus Caelius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman consul 206 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 206 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century |