Marcus Iulius Vestinus Atticus
Marcus Iulius Vestinus Atticus († 65 ) was a Roman senator in the 1st century AD.
Vestinus Atticus, probably the son of Praefectus Aegypti (60–62) Lucius Iulius Vestinus , was a friend of the emperor Nero . Together with Aulus Licinius Nerva Silianus, he was ordinary consul in 65, in which the Pisonian conspiracy came about, in which Vestinus was not involved because the conspirators considered him “irascible and difficult”. However, Nero wanted to eliminate Vestinus as a conspirator, who had meanwhile become hated not least because he was ridiculing the emperor. So he forced Vestinus to commit suicide during a banquet. The following year Nero married Vestinus' widow Statilia Messalina , with whom he is said to have had an affair before her marriage to Vestinus.
literature
- Werner Eck : Iulius [II 147]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2 .
- Rudolf Hanslik : Vestinus 2. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Col. 1230.
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR )² I 624.
- Paul von Rohden : Attikos 9 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2240.
Remarks
- ^ Werner Eck : Iulius [II 147]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2 .
- ↑ Tacitus , Annalen 15, 48 .
- ↑ Tacitus, Annalen 15, 52 .
- ↑ Tacitus, Annalen 15, 68 : quia praecipitem et insociabilem credebant.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annalen 15, 68: saepe asperis facetiis inlusus.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annalen 15, 69 .
- ^ Suetonius , Nero 35, 1 .
- ↑ Tacitus, Annalen 15, 68.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Iulius Vestinus Atticus, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Atticus, Marcus Iulius Vestinus; Vestinus Atticus, Marcus Iulius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman consul 65 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 65 |
| Place of death | Rome |