Guy Avidy Nigrin ( lat. Gaius Avidius Nigrinus ) - Roman statesman of the first half of the II century , consul-effect 110 years. He came from a noble family, made a brilliant career, occupying a number of positions in the imperial administration, but was eventually executed.
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Death | 118 Addiction | ||||||
Father | Guy Avidy Nigrin | ||||||
Spouse | Floating | ||||||
Children | two daughters named Avidia | ||||||
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Biography
Origin, Family
The Nigrin family came from the city of Faventia , located in the Emilia region. His father was Guy Avidy Nigrin, who held the post of Proconsul Achaia during the reign of Domitian , possibly in the year 95. [1] Uncle Guy was the 93rd consul-consul and the proprietor of Britain between 97 and 100, Titus Avidi Kviet , and the cousin the consul-effects 111 years and the proconsul of Asia in 125–126, Titus Avidi Kviet [2] . Relatives of Nigrin were on friendly terms with Plutarch and Pliny the Younger [1] [3] [4] .
Nigrin was married to Plavtia, who in her first marriage was married to the consul of 106 years old Lucius Zeionius Commodus [5] . Two daughters were born in their marriage, both bearing the name Avidia [5] . One of them married Lucius Tseonii Commodus , the son of the consul of 106 years old, later adopted by the emperor Hadrian under the name of Lucius Elius Caesar, but deceased before the sovereign [5] . However, his son Lucius Verus became the co-ruler of Marcus Aurelius and ruled the empire in 161-169. In addition to Vera, Nigrin had a grandson, Guy Avidy Tseioniy Commodus, and two granddaughters, Tonyia Fabia and Tonyia Plaviya [5] .
Career
Avidy Nigrin was a longtime friend of Emperor Trajan and his family. In 105, he served as the tribune of the people . After that, Nigrin was sent as a legate to Achaia, where he appeared to be engaged in the reorganization and stabilization of the management of the region in the face of economic difficulties. In addition, he was later the proconsul of this province [6] .
In 110, Nigrin was in the position of consul-effect . Before the end of the year, he was sent to Delphi on the advisory board to help the politician and historian Arrian to settle the border disputes between the sacred lands of Delphi and the neighboring cities. Nigrin relied in making decisions on previous similar cases, visited the disputed territories and heard the testimony of witnesses. This event is reported in the inscription from Delphi, written in Greek and Latin [7] [8] . Later he was appointed legate proprietor of the newly created province of Dacia , possibly in 114, and held this position until Trajan’s death in 117 [9] . During his reign in the province of Legate XIII of the Doubles Legion, Guy Julius Kvadrat Bass repelled the attacks of the Roksolans , Yazygs and free Dacians [10] [11] .
During the reign of Trajan, Nigrin was a consistent opponent of his successor, Adrian, and was considered the “best of the senators” [12] . Following Trajan’s death, according to the Senate’s ruling, Avidy Nigrin, 113-year-old consul, Lucius Publius Celsus , two-time consul, Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonian, and former governor of Judea, Luzy Quiet, were accused of attempting to assassinate the new Emperor Adrian and seeking a throne [13] [14] . Adrian, who was then in Syria, denied involvement in the murder of four influential senators [14] . Perhaps behind them was the prefect Praetoria Publius Acilius Attian . The executions caused serious damage to the popularity of Adrian, who fired Attiana [15] .
Avidy Nigrin was put to death in his native Faventia in the year 118 [16] [15] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Jean-Claude Carrière. À propos de la Politique de Plutarque (Fr.) // Dialogues d'histoire ancienne. - 1977. - Vol. 3 - P. 249 .
- ↑ Carcopino, Jérôme. Note sur nouveau fragment des Fastes d'Ostie (Fr.) // Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. - 1932. - Vol. 76 . - P. 369 .
- ↑ Plutarch . Oh brotherly love.
- ↑ Pliny the Younger . Letters Vi. 29; Ix. 13.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Charneux, 1957 , pp. 125-131.
- ↑ Jean Colin. Une affaire de tapage nocturne devant l'empereur Auguste (fr.) // Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire. - 1966. - Vol. 44 . - P. 21-23 .
- ↑ Gaston Colin. Inscriptions de Delphes. Actes amphyctionos relatifs à la fortune du temple d'Apollon et aux limites duistoroire sacré (fr.) // Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. - 1903. - Vol. 27 . - P. 104 .
- ↑ Pierre Roussel. Delphes et l'Amphiction après la guerre d'Aitolie (fr.) // Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. - 1932. - Vol. 56 . - P. 11 .
- ↑ Piso, 1993 , pp. 19-23.
- ↑ Piso, 1993 , pp. 23-29.
- ↑ Petit, 1978 , pp. 222.
- ↑ M.-A. Michel. Actes de l'Association (Fr.) // Revue des Études Grecques. - 1963. - Vol. 76 . - P. 18 .
- ↑ Dion Cassius . Roman history. LXX. 2
- ↑ 1 2 Petit, 1978 , pp. 169.
- ↑ 1 2 Des Boscs-Plateaux, 2006 , pp. 611.
- ↑ Elij Spartian . "History of Augustus". Biography of Adrian. VII. 2
Literature
Sources
- Elij Spartian. Biography of Adrian // History of Augustus .
- Dion Cassius. Book LXX // Roman History .
Literature
- Pierre Charneux. M. Vettulenus Civica Barbarus (Fr.) // Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. - 1957. - Vol. 81
- Paul Petit. Histoire générale de l'Empire romain. Tome 1 - Le Haut-Empire. - Seuil, 1978.
- Ioan Piso. Fasti provinciae Daciae I, Die senatorischen Amtsträger (him) // Antiquitas. - 1993. - Nr. 43
- Françoise Des Boscs-Plateaux. Un parti hispanique à Rome ?: ascension des élites hispaniques et pouvoir politique d'Auguste à Hadrien, 27 av. J.-C.-138 ap. J.-C. - Madrid: Casa de Velázquez, 2006.