Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi (consul 27)

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Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi (flourished 1st century AD) was a Roman nobleman of consular rank who lived during the Roman Empire. Frugi's mother was an unnamed Roman woman, while his father was consul and governor Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi. Frugi's adoptive paternal grandfather was consul and general Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger. Crassus was the grandson of triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus and the last known direct descendant of his grandfather. He had a daughter called Licinia who married the consul Lucius Calpurnius Piso; their son, Gaius Calpurnius Piso, was a conspirator against the Emperor Nero.

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Life

His career as a public figure has been preserved in an inscription preserved at Rome. [1] Frugi served as an urban praetor, then in 27 as ordinary consul with Lucius Calpurnius Piso as his colleague. [2] Sometime after 44, he served as governor of Mauretania. He was also admitted to the Collegium Pontificum, one of the four most prestigious ancient Roman priesthoods.

When the Emperor Claudius left Rome to complete the conquest of Britain, in the words of Barbara Levick Frugi was one of a "galaxy of consular distinguished for high pretensions or military talent" who accompanied him, thus sharing "the glory -- and were kept from mischief in Rome". [3] When Claudius celebrated his victory upon his return to Rome in 43 with a triumph, Frugi was included. On this occasion, Claudius exempted Frugi from wearing a purple-bordered toga (he had earned the same honour on a previous occasion). Frugi came dressed to the parade in a palm-embroidered tunic and rode a caparisoned charger.

Family

Frugi had married a noblewoman called Scribonia. [4] Scribonia was a direct descendant of Pompeia, the daughter of triumvir Pompey from his third marriage to Mucia Tertia.

Scribonia bore Frugi the following children:

In the spring of 47, Frugi, his wife, and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus were executed on the orders of Empress Valeria Messalina, after which, their remains were placed in the tomb of Licinii Calpurnii located on the Via Salaria. Also interred in the tomb was their son, Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi minor.

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References

  1. CIL VI, 31721 = ILS 954
  2. Attilio Degrassi, I fasti consolari dell'Impero Romano dal 30 avanti Cristo al 613 dopo Cristo (Rome, 1952), p. 9
  3. Levick, Claudius (New Haven: Yale University, 1990), p. 142 ISBN   0300047347
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Syme, The Roman Revolution, p. 578
  5. 1 2 Shelton, The Women of Pliny's Letters, p. 153
  6. Rutledge, Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian, p.119
  7. Rudich, Political Dissidence Under Nero: The Price of Dissimulation, p. 203
  8. Romeins Imperium – Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi translated from Dutch to English
  9. Tacitus, The Histories, Book I:48.
  10. Elsner, Life, Death and Representation: Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi, p. 57
  11. The Cambridge Ancient History. Vol. 5, VII ed. London: Cambridge University Press, 1970–2007.
  12. Anne Publie. "Les Cneuius". & Anne Publie. "Les Caesoninus"
  13. Elsner, Life, Death and Representation: Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi, pp. 31, 46

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Political offices
Preceded byas suffecti Consul of the Roman Empire
27
with Lucius Calpurnius Piso
Succeeded byas suffecti