Publius Taruttienus Paternus
Publius Taruttienus Paternus (also Tarruntenus Paternus) was a Roman knight who lived in the 2nd century. Under the emperor Marcus Aurelius he completed a remarkable legal and military career, which was completed with his admission to the Senate and the rank of consular . In 182, two years after Commodus came to power , he was charged with alleged treason and later executed.
Legal and military career
Around the year 170 he served Mark Aurel, who was very involved in the Roman legal system , as his office manager ( from epistulis Latinis ), where he was responsible for drafting official communications. In the following year he was used as a military leader with the allied tribe of the Cotini in the first Marcomannic War. He rose to the position of second Praetorian prefect and in 177 was a member of the twelve-member imperial consilium , which advised the emperor on legal matters. As a member of this body, he appears as one of the witnesses on the tabula Banasitana , which certifies the granting of citizenship to a family in the province of Mauretania Tingitana . Due to his services he apparently enjoyed the special trust of the emperor. Raised to the rank of first Praetorian prefect, Publius Taruttienus Paternus, as a general in the second Marcomannic War, gave him a military triumph .
Publius Taruttienus Paternus held the office of the first Praetorian prefect even after Commodus came to power, who was completely disinterested in government affairs and in jurisdiction. Here Tigidius Perennis was placed at his side as the second Praetorian prefect. This intrigued and denounced, presumably in order to accelerate his own personal advancement, in addition to several senators, also his superior colleagues of the participation in a conspiracy . Publius Taruttienus Paternus was charged after he had been elevated to the highest rank of senator by Commodus and thus removed from his knightly offices, and probably executed in 182.
Legal qualification
Little is known about the legal training of Publius Taruttienus Paternus. One of his literary works has come down to us as De re militari . The treatise was probably written on his behalf by an anonymous writer. It can be assumed as certain that Mark Aurel relied on his legal knowledge in his case law. Recent research believes it is possible that the Prefect Publius Taruttienus Paternus is immortalized on the Mark Aurelian column , to the left of the emperor sitting in court.
literature
- Detlef Liebs : Court lawyers from the Roman emperors to Justinian. Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, Munich 2010, CH Beck, ISBN 9783769616545 , Taruttienus Paternus .
- Detlef Liebs: P. Taruttienus Paternus. In: Klaus Sallmann (ed.): The literature of upheaval. From Roman to Christian literature, AD 117 to 284 (= Handbook of Ancient Latin Literature , Volume 4). CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-39020-X , p. 136 f.
Remarks
- ^ Cassius Dio , Roman History 73.5 (English translation) .
- ↑ AE 1971, 534 .
- ↑ CIL 6, 41273
- ↑ CIL 6, 41274
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taruttienus Paternus, Publius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tarruntenus paternus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Senator, Roman jurist, Roman general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 182 |
| Place of death | Rome |