Ragonius Venustus
Lucius (?) Ragonius Venustus was a Roman politician and senator .
Venustus belonged to a Ventian Opitergium resident gene Ragonia that to the end of the fourth century in the Senate is the second from the center detectable. Around 238 Venustus was probably praetor and in 240 he held the ordinary consulate .
Lucius Ragonius Urinatius Larcius Quintianus , probably his grandfather, was perhaps the first of his family to join the Senate under Emperor Marcus Aurelius , received the dona militaria from Emperor Commodus after 180 and was a suffect consul a few years later, but certainly before 193 . The fragment CIL 06, 1506 can almost certainly be related to the alleged father Lucius Ragonius Urinatius Tuscenius Quintianus . Afterwards he was married to Flavia Venusta (from her the son inherited his cognomen), suffect consul (around 210?) And Flemish . Since Larcius was certainly a plebeian , Tuscenius himself, most likely by Emperor Septimius Severus , can have been elevated to the patrician rank.
literature
- Karlheinz Dietz: Senatus contra principem. Investigations into the senatorial opposition to Emperor Maximinus Thrax . Beck, Munich 1980 ( Vestigia , Vol. 29), pp. 207f., ISBN 3-406-04799-8 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ragonius Venustus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Venustus, Ragonius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman consul 240 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century or 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 240 |