Publius Plautius Pulcher

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Publius Plautius Pulcher (* around 6 AD; † between 48 and 54 AD) was a Roman politician of the early Imperial period .

Plautius Pulcher, a member of the plebeian gens Plautia , was the youngest son of Marcus Plautius Silvanus , full consul in 2 BC. BC, and his wife Lartia . He had three older siblings: Marcus Plautius Silvanus .., The 24 AD, the praetorship held, Plautia Urgulanilla , the first wife of the future emperor Claudius , and died young Aulus Plautius Urgulanius. His wife Vibia was a daughter of Gaius Vibius Marsus , a suffect consul in AD 17.

Under Tiberius (14–37 AD), the young Plautius Pulcher quickly made a career as brother-in-law of the imperial nephew Claudius and the uncle of his eldest son Claudius Drusus : He belonged to the circle of friends of Drusus Caesar , a great nephew of the emperor, was tresvir monetalis (mint master) , in 31 as candidate of the emperor quaestor , 33 tribune and 36 praetor ad aerarium . The scandals surrounding his older siblings in the 1920s - his brother Marcus killed himself after being charged with the murder of his wife Apronia , and Claudius divorced his sister Urgulanilla on suspicion of adultery and murder - seem to have done no harm to his progress to have.

Under Caligula (37–41) and at the beginning of the reign of Claudius (41–54) Plautius Pulcher then apparently no longer held any offices. It was only in connection with the reactivation of the censorship office by Claudius and Lucius Vitellius 47/48 that he was given a new honor: he was raised to the patrician status, appointed augur and curator viarum sternendarum (responsible for road construction) and finally administered as proprater for some Time the province of Sicilia . In contrast to his father and other relatives like Quintus Plautius or Tiberius Plautius Silvanus Aelianus, he did not reach the consulate, the high point of the Roman official career .

Publius Plautius Pulcher died before 54 and was buried together with his wife Vibia with his parents and his brother Aulus Plautius Urgulanius in the family mausoleum on Via Tiburtina .

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  1. ↑ Father and mother: CIL 14, 3606 ; CIL 14, 3607 .
  2. ^ Praetur of Marcus Plautius Silvanus: Tacitus , Annalen 4,22 .
  3. ^ Marriage with and children of Claudius: Suetonius , Claudius 26,2 ; 27.1 .
  4. ^ Aulus Plautius Urgulanius: CIL 14, 3606 and discussion with Mary Beard : Vita inscripta . In: Widu-Wolfgang Ehlers (Ed.): La biography antique . Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-7749-2880-0 , p. 102 .
  5. ^ Wife: CIL 14, 3607 .
  6. ^ Career under Tiberius: CIL 14, 3607 and Rudolf Hanslik : Plautius II.6. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Sp. 910 f ..
  7. ↑ Death of Apronia and subsequent processes: Tacitus, Annalen 4,22 .
  8. ^ Divorce from Claudius: Suetonius, Claudius 26.2 .
  9. ↑ He may have been appointed augur after the death of his brother in AD 24. See Jörg Rüpke , Anne Glock: Fasti sacerdotum. The members of the priesthoods and the sacred functional staff of Roman, Greek, Oriental and Judeo-Christian cults in the city of Rome from 300 BC. BC to AD 499, part 2. Steiner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-515-07456-2 , p. 1212 .
  10. ^ Career under Claudius: CIL 14, 3607 and Klaus Wachtel: P. Plautius Silvanus (P 472) . In: Leiva Petersen u. a. (Ed.): Prosopographia Imperii Romani . 2nd Edition. tape 6 . Berlin u. a. 1998, ISBN 3-11-015048-4 , pp. 190 .
  11. ↑ Werner Eck is surprised that Plautius Pulcher did not make it to the consulate despite his family background and his sufficiently long life : Plautius [II 9]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 9, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01479-7 , Col. 1117. Discussion ("failed life" or "failed representation of a failed (or successful) life" in the epitaph) in Mary Beard : Vita inscripta . In: Widu-Wolfgang Ehlers (Ed.): La biography antique . Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-7749-2880-0 , p. 106-108 .
  12. ↑ Inscriptions on the family mausoleum: CIL 14, 3606 ; CIL 14, 3607 . On the grave of Heike Niquet: Inscriptions as a medium of “propaganda” and self-portrayal in the 1st century AD. In: Gregor Weber u. a. (Ed.): Propaganda - self-portrayal - representation in the Roman Empire of the 1st Jhs. n. Chr . Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-515-08251-4 , pp. 171-173 .
personal data
SURNAME Plautius Pulcher, Publius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pulcher, Publius Plautius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician and general
DATE OF BIRTH at 6
DATE OF DEATH between 48 and 54