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'''Lucius Vibius Sabinus''' (died 83 or 84) was a [[Roman Senate|Roman Senator]] that lived in the [[1st century]]. Little is known on his family however Sabinus originally came from a family of consular rank. There is a possibility, Sabinus could be related to [[Lucius Junius Quintus Vibius Crispus]] and his brother [[Quintus Vibius Secundus]]. Lucius Junius Quintus Vibius Crispus served as a [[Legatus]] in [[Hispania Citerior]] and was three times suffect consul during the reigns of [[Roman Emperor]]s [[Nero]] 54-68, [[Vespasian]] 69-79 and [[Domitian]] 81-96. Quintus Vibius Secundus served as a suffect consul in 86 and in 113 served as [[Proconsul]] [[Asia (Roman province)|in the Province of Asia]]. |
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'''Lucius Vibius Sabinus''' was a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Senate of the Roman Empire|Senator]] who lived in the 1st century. His daughter [[Vibia Sabina]] married the emperor [[Hadrian]]. |
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==Biography== |
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Sabinus was a Roman Politician of great promise. In an uncertain year for an unknown reason, Sabinus was honoured and served as suffect consul. Sabinus also served as a [[Proconsul]] of [[Asia (Roman province)|of Asia]]. Sabinus was a friend to the Roman Senators [[Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus]], [[Marcus Annius Verus]] and future Roman Emperor [[Trajan]]. |
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Little is known about his family, but Sabinus came from a family of [[consularis|consular rank]]. He may have been related to [[Lucius Junius Quintus Vibius Crispus]], three times consul, and his brother [[Quintus Vibius Secundus]], consul in 86. |
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Sabinus became the second husband of Trajan's niece [[Salonia Matidia]]; he and Matidia had a daughter, Vibia Sabina (August 13th 83-136/137). Sabinus may have died soon after his daughter's birth, for in his funeral speech for Matidia, the emperor Hadrian alludes to her long widowhood.<ref name="Birley-241">Birley, ''Marcus Aurelius: a biography'', Second Edition (London: Routledge, 2000), pp. 241 {{ISBN|0-415-17125-3}}, {{ISBN|978-0-415-17125-0}}</ref> Vibia Sabina married her distant maternal cousin and Trajan's heir, the future emperor Hadrian sometime before the year 101.<ref>Birley, ''Marcus Aurelius'', p. 242</ref> |
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[[Ronald Syme]] has argued that a pair of fragmentary inscriptions from [[Asisium]] refer to Sabinus;<ref>{{CIL|11|5383}}, {{CIL|11|8020}}</ref> If correct, this would mean he was a member of the ''[[septemviri epulonum]]'', one of the four most prestigious ancient Roman priesthoods.<ref name=Syme-795>Syme, ''Tacitus'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1958), p. 795</ref> Syme has also argued that, based on a reading preserved in later copies of the ''[[Fasti Consulares]]'' indicating that Sabinus and [[Arrius Antoninus]] were consular colleagues, which means he was [[suffect consul]] in the year 97—a reading [[Theodor Mommsen]] had judged as unreliable. [[Anthony Birley]] accepted Syme's argument.<ref name=Birley-241/> In his own study on the suffect consuls of the year 97, Fausto Zevi rejected Syme's argument on several grounds, and argued that "Sabinus" in the later fasti was a corruption for "Piso"—Calpurnius Piso, the name which this portion of the [[Fasti Ostienses]] supports. Zevi also dismisses the identification of Sabinus with the inscriptions from Asisium as based on insufficient information.<ref>Zevi, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/23459091 "I consoli del 97 d. Cr. in due framenti gia' editi dei Fasti Ostienses"], ''Listy filologické / Folia philologica'', 96 (1973), p. 134 and note 47</ref> |
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The daughter and youngest child born to Roman Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]] and Roman Empress [[Faustina the Younger]], minor princess Vibia Aurelia Sabina (170-died before 217), thus was a great, great niece to Vibia Sabina was named in honour of Lucius Vibius Sabinus and his daughter Vibia Sabina. |
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Based on an inscription that preserves Hadrian's funeral oration on his dead wife Matidia,<ref>{{CIL|14|3579}}</ref> Sabinus had died no later than the year 98.<ref name=Syme-795/> |
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== Sources == |
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* [[Tacitus]] - The Annals of Imperial Rome |
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* http://www.roman-emperors.org/goodemp2.htm |
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* Trajan: Optimus Princeps : a Life and Times, By Julian Bennett, Edition: illustrated published by Routledge, 1997 ISBN 0415165245, 9780415165242 |
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* Marcus Aurelius: a biography By Anthony Richard Birley Edition: 2, revised, illustrated Published by Routledge, 2000 ISBN 0415171253, 9780415171250 |
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== References == |
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== Further reading == |
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* Julian Bennett, ''Trajan: Optimus Princeps : a Life and Times'' (London: Routledge, 1997) {{ISBN|0-415-16524-5}}, {{ISBN|978-0-415-16524-2}} |
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== External links == |
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* R. Scott Moore, [http://www.roman-emperors.org/goodemp2.htm "The Stemmata [sic] of the Good Emperors"] |
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 13 May 2022
Lucius Vibius Sabinus was a Roman Senator who lived in the 1st century. His daughter Vibia Sabina married the emperor Hadrian.
Biography
[edit]Little is known about his family, but Sabinus came from a family of consular rank. He may have been related to Lucius Junius Quintus Vibius Crispus, three times consul, and his brother Quintus Vibius Secundus, consul in 86.
Sabinus became the second husband of Trajan's niece Salonia Matidia; he and Matidia had a daughter, Vibia Sabina (August 13th 83-136/137). Sabinus may have died soon after his daughter's birth, for in his funeral speech for Matidia, the emperor Hadrian alludes to her long widowhood.[1] Vibia Sabina married her distant maternal cousin and Trajan's heir, the future emperor Hadrian sometime before the year 101.[2]
Ronald Syme has argued that a pair of fragmentary inscriptions from Asisium refer to Sabinus;[3] If correct, this would mean he was a member of the septemviri epulonum, one of the four most prestigious ancient Roman priesthoods.[4] Syme has also argued that, based on a reading preserved in later copies of the Fasti Consulares indicating that Sabinus and Arrius Antoninus were consular colleagues, which means he was suffect consul in the year 97—a reading Theodor Mommsen had judged as unreliable. Anthony Birley accepted Syme's argument.[1] In his own study on the suffect consuls of the year 97, Fausto Zevi rejected Syme's argument on several grounds, and argued that "Sabinus" in the later fasti was a corruption for "Piso"—Calpurnius Piso, the name which this portion of the Fasti Ostienses supports. Zevi also dismisses the identification of Sabinus with the inscriptions from Asisium as based on insufficient information.[5]
Based on an inscription that preserves Hadrian's funeral oration on his dead wife Matidia,[6] Sabinus had died no later than the year 98.[4]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Birley, Marcus Aurelius: a biography, Second Edition (London: Routledge, 2000), pp. 241 ISBN 0-415-17125-3, ISBN 978-0-415-17125-0
- ^ Birley, Marcus Aurelius, p. 242
- ^ CIL XI, 5383, CIL XI, 8020
- ^ a b Syme, Tacitus (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1958), p. 795
- ^ Zevi, "I consoli del 97 d. Cr. in due framenti gia' editi dei Fasti Ostienses", Listy filologické / Folia philologica, 96 (1973), p. 134 and note 47
- ^ CIL XIV, 3579
Further reading
[edit]- Julian Bennett, Trajan: Optimus Princeps : a Life and Times (London: Routledge, 1997) ISBN 0-415-16524-5, ISBN 978-0-415-16524-2
External links
[edit]- R. Scott Moore, "The Stemmata [sic] of the Good Emperors"