Tigidius Perennis
Sextus Tigidius Perennis († around 185/186 in Rome ) was a Roman Praetorian prefect at the time of Emperor Commodus . He gained an extraordinary position of power, but was defeated in the power struggle with Cleander , who had him executed on the orders of the emperor.
Life
Perennis was appointed Praetorian Prefect in 182 after the execution of Paternus . Paternus had fallen out of favor with Commodus because he had his favorite Saoterus executed for his questionable involvement in the conspiracy of Lucilla and Quadratus . Perennis may have already become Praetorian prefect together with Paternus.
The Historia Augusta According Commodus left the prefect largely the business of government to be able to indulge in his pleasures. Herodian describes how Perennis capitalized on the emperor's distrust of the Senate by eliminating several powerful senators and confiscating their estates. Perennis gave the troops generous gifts of money and provided his sons with influential military posts.
On charges of plotting a conspiracy against the emperor, Perennis was executed around 185/6 at the instigation of the freed man Cleander, who subsequently became de facto ruler.
swell
- Cassius Dio , Roman History , 72, 8−9 (Eng.)
- Herodian , History of the Empire according to Marc Aurel , 1, 8−9 (Eng.)
- Historia Augusta , Commodus , 5−6 (Eng.)
literature
- Thomas Franke: Tigidius. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7 , column 565 f.
- Martin Zimmermann : Emperor and Event. Studies on the history of Herodian (= Vestigia . Vol. 52). CH Beck, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-406-45162-4 , pp. 66-88.
Remarks
- ↑ The prenomen is, erased like the rest of the name, received on the Tabula Banasitana ( AE 1971, 534 ), an inscription with the text of a letter from Mark Aurel and Lucius Verus .
- ^ So Thomas Franke: Tigidius. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7 , Sp. 565.
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SURNAME | Perennis, Tigidius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Praetorian Prefect |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
DATE OF DEATH | unsure: 185 |
Place of death | Rome |