Gaius Trebonius Proculus Mettius Modestus

Last updated

Gaius Trebonius Proculus Mettius Modestus was a Roman senator of the 2nd century AD who held a number of offices in the imperial service, as well as serving as suffect consul in 103 as the colleague of Marcus Flavius Aper. [1]

Contents

Modestus was a member of the Mettii. Hans-Georg Pflaum first traced the rise of this family, identifying their origins in Petelia, a small Greek-speaking town in Bruttium, whence they emigrated to Arles when Julius Caesar settled one of their ancestors, a soldier or centurion of his Legio VI, there. Modestus' immediate ancestors were his grandfather, Marcus Mettius Modestus, procurator of Syria, and his father Marcus Mettius Rufus, governor of Roman Egypt from the year 89 to 92, which made them prominent members of the equites order. His entrance into the Senate was facilitated by his uncle Mettius Modestus, suffect consul in 82. [2] A brother Marcus Mettius Rufus is known, who died before he could reach the consulate. [3]

Modestus clearly has a polyonymous name, although the identity of Trebonius Proculus has not been investigated, either as the person who adopted Modestus, or as his maternal grandfather.

Marcus Junius Mettius Rufus, suffect consul in 128, has been identified as his biological son. [4]

Career

He may be the same Mettius Modestus Pliny the Younger mentions in a letter to his friend Voconius Romanus. [5] Bernard Remy dates his exile to the year 93, when Domitian punished a number of Senators on the grounds of conspiracy. [2] Apparently the notorious delator Marcus Aquilius Regulus had a role in his exile, for Pliny describes in his letter with obvious delight how Regulus was in fear of Mettius Modestus, now that emperor Nerva recalled him from exile. [6]

Two of the offices Modestus held are known. The first, as legatus pro praetore or governor of Lycia et Pamphylia, was from 99 to 102, or before he became consul. [7] The locals memorialized his tenure by erecting a monumental triple-arched gate in Patara, Lycia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) which still stands. His second office was as proconsular governor of Asia in 119/120. [8]

Related Research Articles

Gaius Bruttius Praesens Lucius Fulvius Rusticus was a Roman senator of the reigns of the emperors Trajan, Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. A friend of Pliny the Younger and Hadrian, he was twice consul, governed provinces, commanded armies and ended his career as Urban prefect of Rome. Bruttius’ life and career left few coherent traces in the literary record, but a number of inscriptions, including his complete cursus honorum, fills out the picture considerably.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lycia et Pamphylia</span> Roman province located in modern-day Turkey

Lycia and Pamphylia was the name of a province of the Roman empire, located in southern Anatolia. It was created by the emperor Vespasian, who merged Lycia and Pamphylia into a single administrative unit. In 43 AD, the emperor Claudius had annexed Lycia. Pamphylia had been a part of the province of Galatia.

Lucius Catilius Severus Julianus Claudius Reginus was a Roman senator and general active during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. He was appointed consul twice: the first time in 110 CE with Gaius Erucianus Silo as his colleague; the second in the year 120 with the future emperor Antoninus Pius as his colleague. Catilius was also the step-great-grandfather of the emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Titus Prifernius Geminus was a Roman senator who lived in the second century. He is best known as a friend and correspondent of Pliny the Younger, who addresses him as Geminus; he served as quaestor to Pliny for the latter's consulship in AD 100, and five letters Pliny wrote to Geminus have survived. Although the letters convey a genuine friendship between the two, the first one appears only in the latter books of Pliny's collection; Ronald Syme explains this may be due to the fact that he, like Quintus Corellius Rufus and Calestrius Tiro, were living in Rome at the same time.

Lucius Julius Marinus Caecilius Simplex was a Roman senator who held several posts in the emperor's service. Simplex was then appointed suffect consul in late 101, with Lucius Arruntius Stella as his colleague. His career is primarily known through inscriptions.

Marcus Atilius Postumus Bradua was a Roman senator during the later part of the first century. He was suffect consul for the nundinium July-August 80 with Quintus Pompeius Trio as his colleague. He was also governor of Asia in 94/95.

Sextus Subrius Dexter Cornelius Priscus was a Roman senator who held several imperial appointments during the reign of Trajan. He is best known for being an acquaintance of Pliny the Younger. Around the year 104 Cornelius Priscus was suffect consul for an as yet undetermined nundinium.

Galeo Tettienus Severus Marcus Eppuleius Proculus Tiberius Caepio Hispo was a Roman senator active in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD, who occupied a number of offices in the imperial service. He was suffect consul around the year 101 as the colleague of Rubrius Gallus.

Quintus Fabius Postuminus was a Roman senator who was suffect consul in the nundinum of May to August 96 with Titus Prifernius as his colleague.

Gaius Cilnius Proculus was a Roman senator active during the reign of Domitian. He was suffect consul for the nundinium September–December AD 87 with Lucius Neratius Priscus as his colleague. It is unknown how or if Proculus is related to the better-known Gaius Cilnius Maecenas. Proculus is known only through surviving inscriptions.

Gaius Valerius Severus was a Roman senator of the second century. He was suffect consul in the nundinium of September to December 124 as the colleague of Gaius Julius Gallus. Severus is primarily known from inscriptions.

Lucius Luscius Ocrea was Roman senator of the first century. He was suffect consul in either the years 77 or 78. Ocrea is primarily known from inscriptions.

Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus was a Roman senator active in the first quarter of the second century AD. He was suffect consul in the nundinium of September to December AD 114 with Marcus Messius Rusticus as his colleague. Many of the inscriptions referring to Avitus used the shorter form of his name, Lucius Lollianus Avitus. He is primarily known through inscriptions.

Titus Calestrius Tiro Orbius Speratus was a Roman senator who held a series of offices in the emperor's service. He was suffect consul late in the year 122 as the colleague of Gaius Trebius Maximus.

Titus Pomponius Antistianus Funisulanus Vettonianus was a Roman senator active in the first quarter of the second century AD. He was suffect consul for the nundinium of May to June AD 121 with Lucius Pomponius Silvanus as his colleague. Vettonianus is known only from inscriptions.

Gaius Cornelius Rarus Sextius Naso was a Roman senator active during the last half of the first century AD. He was suffect consul for the nundinium September to December 93 with [...]lis as his colleague; the colleague may be Marcus Tuccius Cerialis, a suffect consul in an otherwise unknown year to whom Pliny the Younger wrote a letter full of tips on delivering a speech.

Quintus Fulvius Gillo Bittius Proculus was a Roman senator who held at least one office in imperial service. He was suffect consul for the nundinium November-December AD 98 with Publius Julius Lupus as his colleague. He is also known by the shorter form of his name, Quintus Bittius Proculus.

Titus Vibius Varus was a Roman senator who was ordinary consul in AD 134 as the colleague of Lucius Julius Ursus Servianus, the brother-in-law of the emperor Hadrian. He is known from inscriptions and the Digest ; he is also attested by a military diploma, which shows, that he was still in office on April 2, together with Titus Haterius Nepos as his colleague.

Titus Vibius Varus was a Roman senator, who was active during the reign of Trajan. He was suffect consul in the nundinium of September to December 115 as the colleague of Marcus Pompeius Macrinus Neos Theophanes. He is known entirely from inscriptions.

Publius Valerius Patruinus was a Roman senator, who flourished under the reign of Domitian. He was suffect consul in the nundinium of July–August 82 with Lucius Antonius Saturninus as his colleague. He is known entirely from inscriptions.

References

  1. ↑ Fasti Ostienses , frag. Gd
  2. 1 2 Bernard Rémy, Les carrières sénatoriales dans les provinces romaines d'Anatolie au Haut-Empire (31 av. J.-C. - 284 ap. J.-C.) (Istanbul: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 1989), p. 292
  3. ↑ Rémy, Les carrières sénatoriales, p. 293
  4. ↑ Olli Salomies, Adoptive and polyonymous nomenclature in the Roman Empire, (Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1992), p. 97
  5. ↑ C.P. Jones considers the identification as generally accepted. ("A New Commentary on the Letters of Pliny", Phoenix, 22 (1968), p. 123)
  6. ↑ Pliny, Epistulae , I.5
  7. ↑ Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron , 12 (1982), pp. 332-338
  8. ↑ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 13 (1983), p. 152
Political offices
Preceded by Roman consul
103 (suffect)
with Marcus Flavius Aper 		Succeeded by
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.