Titus Flavius Titianus was
Procurator
Procurator (with procuracy or procuratorate referring to the office itself) may refer to:
* Procurator, one engaged in procuration, the action of taking care of, hence management, stewardship, agency
* Procurator (Ancient Rome), the title of var ...
of
Alexandria
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during the reign of
Caracalla
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), better known by his nickname Caracalla (; ), was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father and then r ...
. He was put to death by Theocritus, the favourite of Caracalla, about AD 216. He is probably the same Titus Flavius Titianus who was
consul
Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states thro ...
''suffectus'' about 200; that Titianus was the son of
Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus
Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus ( ca. 137 AD – 197 AD) was a Roman statesman who served as Senator and Consul suffectus. He unsuccessfully attempted to succeed his son-in-law Pertinax as Emperor in 193.
Early life
Sulpicianus was probably bor ...
, and brother of
Flavia Titiana
Flavia Titiana was the wife of emperor Pertinax, who ruled briefly in 193 during the Year of the Five Emperors.
Life
Flavia Titiana was the daughter of senator Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus, and sister of Titus Flavius Titianus (b. 165), c ...
, the wife of the emperor
Pertinax
Publius Helvius Pertinax ( ; 1 August 126 – 28 March 193) was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193. He succeeded Commodus to become the first emperor during the tumultuous Year of the Five Emperors.
Born to the son of a freed sl ...
. Titianus was married to Postumia Varia.
[Mennen, ''Power and Status in the Roman Empire'', p. 122.]
See also
*
Flavia (gens)
The gens Flavia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Its members are first mentioned during the last three centuries of the Republic. The first of the Flavii to achieve prominence was Marcus Flavius, tribune of the plebs in 327 and 323 BC; how ...
References
Bibliography
* Lucius Cassius Dio, ''Roman History''.
* ''
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' is a biographical dictionary of classical antiquity, edited by William Smith (lexicographer), William Smith and originally published in London by John Taylor (English publisher), Tayl ...
'',
William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
* Inge Mennen, ''Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193–284'', Brill (2011).
2nd-century Romans
3rd-century Romans
Flavii
210s deaths
Year of death uncertain
Year of birth unknown
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