Lucius Fundanius Lamia Aelianus was a
Roman
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senator
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active in the reigns of
Trajan
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and
Hadrian
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.
Biography
Early life
Lamia Aelianus was possibly the son of the empress
Domitia Longina
Domitia Longina ( 50–55 – 126–130s AD) was a Roman empress and wife to the Roman emperor Domitian. She was the youngest daughter of the general and consul Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo. Domitia divorced her first husband, Lucius Aelius Lami ...
and
Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus
Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus (c. 4581/96) was a Roman senator.
Life
He was described by Brian W. Jones as "the most eminent of the consular victims" of Domitian.Jones, ''The Emperor Domitian'' (London: Routledge, 1993), p. 184 Juvena ...
or their maternal grandson through a daughter Aelia Plautia and her husband a Lucius Fundanius, son of a Lucius Fundanius.
Ronald Syme
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identifies Lamia Aelianus as the brother of the surmised but undocumented
Plautia, who was married three times, and whose children married into the
Antonine dynasty.
Career
He was
ordinary consul in 116 with
Sextus Carminius Vetus as his colleague. He was later
proconsul
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In the Roman Republic, military ...
ar governor of
Asia
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during 131 and 132.
Family
He married Rupilia, sister of
Rupilia Faustina
Marcus Annius Verus ( 50 – 138 AD) was the paternal grandfather and adoptive father of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, and father-in-law of the emperor Antoninus Pius. Biography
Verus was the son of an elder Marcus Annius Verus, who gained t ...
, wife of
Marcus Annius Verus Marcus Annius Verus may refer to:
* Marcus Annius Verus (grandfather of Marcus Aurelius)
* Marcus Annius Verus (father of Marcus Aurelius)
* Marcus Annius Verus, emperor as Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ( ; ; 26 April 121 – ...
, three times consul, and perhaps daughter of
Lucius Scribonius Libo Rupilius Frugi Bonus and wife
Salonia Matidia
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, maternal niece of
Trajan
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, and had two known children, a son and a daughter. Their son was
Lucius Plautius Lamia Silvanus, consul in 145. Their daughter was Fundania, whose existence is inferred from the name of her daughter
Annia Fundania Faustina, daughter of
Marcus Annius Libo
Marcus Annius Libo was a Roman Senator active in the early second century AD.
Life
Libo came from the upper ranks of the Roman aristocracy. He was the son of Marcus Annius Verus, consul III in 126, and Rupilia Faustina. Annius Verus was Spanish o ...
, consul in 128, and thus Libo's wife.
Anthony Birley
Anthony Richard Birley (8 October 1937 – 19 December 2020) was a British ancient historian, archaeologist and academic. He was one of the leaders of excavations at of the Roman fortress at Vindolanda and also published several books on Roman ...
, ''Marcus Aurelius, a Biography'', revised edition (London: Routledge, 1987), p. 32
See also
*
List of Roman consuls
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References
1st-century Romans
2nd-century Romans
Imperial Roman consuls
Roman governors of Asia
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
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