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- ↑ W. Eck, G. Paci, and E. P. Serenelli, "Per una nuova edizione dei Fasti Potentini," Picus 23 (2003), pp. 51-108.
- ↑ Dio, 68.16.2
- ↑ Birley, Hadrian: the Restless Emperor (London: Routledge, 1997), p. 67
- ↑ Dio 69.2.5
- 1 2 Vita Hadrianus, 7.2
- ↑ Grainger, Nerva and the Roman Succession Crisis of AD 96-99 (London: Routledge, 2004), pp. 127f
- ↑ Syme, Tacitus (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1958), p. 648
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lucius Julius Ursus Servianus II, and Lucius Fabius Justus as Suffect consuls | Suffect consul of the Roman Empire 102 with Titus Didius Secundus | Succeeded by Lucius Antonius Albus, and Marcus Junius Homullus as Suffect consuls |
| Preceded by Gaius Claudius Severus, and Titus Settidius Firmus as Suffect consuls | Consul of the Roman Empire 113 with Gaius Clodius Crispinus | Succeeded by Servius Cornelius Dolabella Metilianus Pompeius Marcellus as Suffect consul |