Utilisateur:Leonard Fibonacci/Marcus Arruntius Aquila (consul 66)
Marcus Arruntius Aquila was a Roman senator who flourished during the en:Principate. He held the office of suffect consul in 66 with en:Marcus Vettius Bolanus as his colleague[1]. His name in the en:Acta Arvalia (CIL 6, 2044) is missing the cognomen, which Giuseppe Camodeca reconstructed from an unpublished wax tablet from Herculeium[2].
Aquila came of a Patavine family, a descendant of Arruntius Aquila the governor of Galatia in 6 BC, who had a son Marcus[3]. He is possibly related to Lucius Arruntius Stella, consul in 100. Aquila is known to be the father of Marcus Arruntius Aquila, consul in 77. That his son became consul 11 years later led Ronald Syme to suspect the elder Aquila "was more than mature in age" when he assumed the fasces[4].
His career is not well known. Only one of the offices he held is known: a milepost recovered from en:Lycia attests that he served as a procurator for en:Claudius in AD 50[5].
Selon Bernard J. Cavanagh[modifier | modifier le code]
Flavius Josèphe est celui qui donne le plus de détails sur l’assassinat de Caligula et qui révèle les noms de l’entourage présent autour du princeps, des conspirateurs et de celui qui porta le coup fatal appelé Aquila. Le texte de Josèphe a été corrompu par les copistes et pour trouver la véritable identité, le statut et le sort de cet homme, l’auteur rappelle toutes les inscriptions concernant les familles des Arruntii. Il est probable que ce soit M. Arruntius Aquila Iulanius qui eut l’honneur de porter le coup fatal et qu’il fut soit tué dans le chaos de l’événement soit exilé avec sa famille dans le nord de l’Italie.
- Bernard J. Kavanagh, The identity and fate of Caligula's assassin, Aquila], 2010.
- Mots clés
ARRUNTII - ARRUNTIUS AQUILA IULANIUS (M.) - ARRUNTIUS CAMILLUS SCRIBONIANUS (L.) - ARRUNTIUS STELLA (L.) - CASSIUS CHAEREA - DOMITIA LONGINA -
References[modifier | modifier le code]
- Paul Gallivan, "Some Comments on the Fasti for the Reign of Nero", Classical Quarterly, 24 (1974), pp. 292, 296, 310
- Camodeca, "Novità sui fasti consolari delle tavolette cerate della Campania", Publications de l'École française de Rome, 143 (1991), pp. 55s.
- Syme, "Eight Consuls from Patavium", Papers of the British School at Rome, 51 (1983), p. 116.
- Syme, "Eight Consuls", p. 113.
- CIL 3, 06737