Marcus Ostorius Scapula (Consul 59)
Marcus Ostorius Scapula († 66 ) was a Roman senator at the time of Emperor Nero .
Marcus Ostorius Scapula, whose year of birth is not known, came from a Roman plebeian family that only gained political importance in the early imperial period. Quintus Ostorius Scapula , his great-grandfather, was born under the Emperor Augustus in 2 BC. Together with Salvius Aper first Praetorian prefect (praefectus praetorio) . His father Publius Ostorius Scapula made it under the emperor Claudius to the suffect consul (before 47) and governor of the province of Britannia .
As a young man, Marcus Ostorius Scapula took part in Britain in the battles his father waged to put down the Silurian revolt under their leader Caratacus . After defeating the Iceni , he was awarded the Corona Civica for saving Roman citizens . Then he hit the political career. However, we only know about the cursus honorum Scapulas that he was appointed suffect consul by Nero for the last three months in 59 . In the year 62 Scapula rescued the praetor Antistius Sosianus , who was accused of majestas because of some mocking verses on Nero , by his testimony. Nonetheless, Antistius brought charges against Marcus Ostorius Scapula in connection with the Pisonian conspiracy in 66 , which Scapula could only evade by suicide.
literature
- Werner Eck : Ostorius [2]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 9, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01479-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Cassius Dio 55, 10, 10.
- ↑ Tacitus , Annales 12, 31-39 .
- ↑ Tacitus, Annales 12, 31, 3-4.
- ↑ CIL 6, 2042 .
- ↑ Tacitus, Annales 16, 14 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ostorius Scapula, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scapula, Marcus Ostorius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 66 |