Appius Annius Atilius Bradua

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Appius Annius Atilius Bradua [1] [2] was a Senator of the Roman Empire in the 2nd century AD.

Annius Bradua was born and raised in an aristocratic family of consular rank and was a member of the gens Annia. He was a member of the venerable family of the Annii Regilli. [3] Regilli means 'Little Queen'. [3]

His father was Appius Annius Trebonius Gallus. Annius Gallus was a distinguished Senator and one of the serving consuls in the year 139 and his mother was Atilia Caucidia Tertulla. [1] [2] His sister, Appia Annia Regilla Atilia Caucidia Tertulla, otherwise known as Aspasia Annia Regilla, married the prominent Greek Herodes Atticus. [1] [4]

The paternal grandparents of Annius Bradua were the Senator Appius Annius Trebonius Gallus and his wife, whose name is unknown, [4] while his maternal grandparents were the Senator and Governor Marcus Appius Bradua and Caucidia Tertulla. [1] [5] His mother's brother was Marcus Atilius Metilius Bradua Caucidius Tertullus...Bassus. [6] [7] His uncle served as a polyonymous Proconsul of the Africa Province under the Emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161). [7] His grandfathers were both consular colleagues in the year 108. [4]

Through his paternal grandfather, Annius Bradua was related to the Senator Marcus Annius Verus, who was a brother-in-law of Hadrian and father of Antoninus Pius' wife Faustina the Elder, [3] who was, in turn, the mother of the Empress Faustina the Younger and aunt of Marcus Aurelius. [3]

In the year 160, Annius Bradua served as an ordinary consul, [2] during which time, his sister, eight months pregnant with her sixth child, was kicked to death in the abdomen by a freedman of Herodes Atticus named Alcimedon. Annius Bradua brought charges in Rome against his brother-in-law, alleging that he had been responsible for her death; however, Herodes Atticus was exonerated of the charge by Marcus Aurelius, his student, who would become emperor the following year.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pomeroy, The murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity
  2. 1 2 3 Birley, The Roman government of Britain p. 114
  3. 1 2 3 4 Pomeroy, The murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity p. 14
  4. 1 2 3 Birley, The Roman government of Britain p. 112
  5. Birley, The Roman government of Britain p. 112-114
  6. Pomeroy, The murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity p.15
  7. 1 2 Birley, The Roman government of Britain p. 113-114

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Political offices
Preceded by Consul of the Roman Empire
160
with Titus Clodius Vibius Varus
Succeeded by