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Gaius Avidius Heliodorus
Gaius Avidius Heliodorus (c. 100 – aft. 142) was an eques and noted orator who held at least two important appointments during the reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. Life He was of Ancient Egyptian or Greek origin and became ''ab epistulis'' under Hadrian, and later prefect of Egypt between 137 and 142. According to the ''Historia Augusta'', Heliodorus drew the wrath of emperor Hadrian, who attacked him in a notorious letter. Nevertheless, he remained prefect of Egypt for several years under Hadrian's successor, Antoninus Pius. Heliodorus married Julia Cassia Alexandra, princess of Judaea; she was the daughter of Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus and Cassia Lepida, a descendant of Cassius and Augustus. Their son was the usurper Avidius Cassius.Dio Cassius Lucius Cassius Dio (), also known as Dio Cassius ( ), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eques (ancient Rome)
The ''equites'' (; literally "horse-" or "cavalrymen", though sometimes referred to as "knights" in English) constituted the second of the property-based classes of ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC ..., ranking below the Roman Senate, senatorial class. A member of the equestrian order was known as an ''eques'' (). Description During the Roman kingdom and the first century of the Roman Republic, legionary cavalry was recruited exclusively from the ranks of the Patrician (ancient Rome), patricians, who were expected to provide six ''Centuria, centuriae'' of cavalry (300 horses for each consular legion). Around 400BC, 12 more ''centuriae'' of cavalry were established and these included non-patricians (plebeians). Around 300 BC the Samnite Wars obliged Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
