Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of Roman civilization
*Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...
senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...
, who was active during the reign of
Trajan
Trajan ( ; born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier ...
. He was
suffect consul
The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum''an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspire ...
in the ''
nundinium Nundinium was a Latin word derived from the word '' nundinum'', which referred to the cycle of days observed by the Romans. During the Roman Empire, ''nundinium'' came to mean the duration of a single consulship among several in a calendar year.
...
'' of September to October AD 83 as the colleague of
Marcus Cornelius Nigrinus Curiatius Maternus
Marcus Cornelius Nigrinus Curiatius Maternus was a Roman senator and general during the reign of Domitian. He was suffect consul during the '' nundinium'' of September to October AD 83 with Lucius Calventius Sextus Carminius Vetus. Although some e ...
. He is known entirely from inscriptions.
Carmeninius Vetus received his polyonomous name from his father,
Lucius Calventius Vetus Carminius Lucius Calventius Vetus Carminius was a Roman senator who flourished during the Principate. He was suffect consul in AD 51, replacing Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus. Carminius is known entirely from inscriptions.
In his monograph on R ...
, suffect consul in 51. This arose, according to Olli Salomies, apparently because "he was originally a Carminius (Vetus?) and that he was adopted by a L. Calventius." Vetus had a brother,
Lucius Carminius Lusitanicus
Lucius is a masculine given name derived from Lucius (Latin ; ), abbreviated L., one of the small group of common Latin forenames () found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius probably derives from Latin word ( gen. ), meaning "light" (<, suffect consul in 81.
Only one office is known to have been held by Vetus,
proconsul
A proconsul was an official of ancient Rome who acted on behalf of a Roman consul, consul. A proconsul was typically a former consul. The term is also used in recent history for officials with delegated authority.
In the Roman Republic, military ...
ate of
Asia
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in 96/97. While governor, he sponsored the great grandfather of
Titus Flavius Carminius Athenagoras Claudianus
Titus Caesar Vespasianus ( ; 30 December 39 – 13 September AD 81) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, becoming the first Roman emperor ever to succeed h ...
, suffect consul around 190 for citizenship; the connection was honored by the man adopting not only elements of emperor Trajan's name for his own (namely "Marcus Ulpius"), but also the proconsul's ''gentilicum'' "Carminius", which were passed down to the father of the suffect consul, Marcus Ulpius Carminius Claudianus.
A number of other people are connected to Carminius Vetus. A ''kalator'' who flourished around 102, L. Calventius Eunomius, is sometimes thought to be the '' cliens'' of Vetus. Sextus Carminius Vetus, ordinary consul in 116 is thought to be his son based on similarities of name, and Sextus Carminius Vetus, ordinary consul in 150, is thought to be his grandson.
Géza Alföldy
Géza Alföldy (June 7, 1935 – November 6, 2011) was a Hungarian historian of ancient history.
Life
Géza Alföldy was born in Budapest. He studied at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Budapest from 1953 to 1958, where he i ...
, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen'' (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 324