Titus Flavius Sulpicianus
Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus († 197 ) was a politician and senator during the Roman Empire . In the second year of the four emperors in 193 he competed with Didius Iulianus for the office of Roman emperor .
Sulpicianus was born in Hierapytna on the island of Crete in the first half of the 2nd century . Since a relative of the young Sulpicianus who was not known by name had already held a Roman magistrate, he was able to pursue a senatorial career (the cursus honorum ). At the beginning of the 170s he became a member of the respected college of priests of the Arval Brothers . A few years later - the exact year is not known - Sulpicianus was a suffect consul . Under Emperor Commodus (180-192) he administered the province of Asia as proconsul . His daughter Flavia Titiana married the successful officer Publius Helvius Pertinax , who succeeded Commodus in 193.
Pertinax made his father-in-law Sulpicianus city prefect . With this step he was able to appease the senatorial elite, but not the Praetorian Guard , which insisted on the payment of the promised donative . On March 28, 193, Pertinax was murdered by angry soldiers. Sulpicianus, the next adult male relative of the dead emperor, took the initiative and offered each member of the Praetorian Guard 20,000 sesterces for the dignity of the emperor. However, he was outbid by Didius Iulianus , who paid 25,000 sesterces and finally moved into the palace as "auction emperor". Perhaps the guards also feared an act of revenge by Sulpicianus. However, many supporters of the Pertinax rejected this unworthy spectacle, three of them soon even claimed the dignity of emperor themselves: Septimius Severus , Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus . Severus eventually gained the upper hand and defeated his rivals. Sulpicianus, who must have supported Clodius Albinus, was executed in 197.
literature
- Brian Campbell: The Severan Dynasty . In: Alan K. Bowman et al. (Ed.): The Cambridge Ancient History . tape 12 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2005, ISBN 0-521-30199-8 , pp. 1-27, especially pp. 2-3 .
- Werner Eck : Flavius II 45. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 4, Metzler, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-476-01474-6 , Sp. 551.
- David S. Potter: The Roman Empire at Bay AD 180-395 . Routledge, London 2004, ISBN 0-415-10058-5 , pp. 96-97 .
Web links
- Jonah Lendering: Titus Flavius Sulpicianus . In: Livius.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sulpicianus, Titus Flavius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flavius Sulpicianus, Titus; Claudius Sulpicianus, Titus; Sulpicianus, Titus Claudius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician, candidate for the imperial throne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 197 |