Tiberius Claudius Pompeian

Tiberius Claudius Pompeian ( lat. Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus ) - Roman politician of the second half of the II century .

Pompeian descended from the Syrian city of Antioch from the equestrian class. His father was Tiberius Claudius Quintian. There is no information about Pompeyan’s career before the year 162. Around 162 he was in the position of consul-effect . Apparently, he participated in the Parthian war as the commander of the legion. After that, Pompeian was probably from 164 to 167 a legate proprietor of Lower Pannonia . In 166, he defeated the Lombards tribe, invading the province entrusted to him. Around 167, Pompeian re-occupied the position of consul-effect. He was among the closest military advisers to the emperor Marcus Aurelius and remained until the death of the sovereign. After the death of the co-ruler of Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Vera, in 169, Pompeian married his widow Lucilla, the daughter of Marcus Aurelius. The emperor even offered Pompeianu to take the title of Caesar and heir to the throne, but he refused.

In 173, he was in the post of ordinary consul, along with Gney Claudius Severus . During the Markomanic War, Pompeian headed the Roman headquarters on the Danube . When Marcus Aurelius died, Pompeian persuaded the new emperor Commodus to continue the war with the barbarians, but he did not follow his advice ^[1] . Despite the execution of Lucilla and the relative of Tiberius (nephew?) Pompeyan, who planned to kill Commodus, Pompeian did not suffer, because he did not take part in the conspiracy ^[2] . Soon after, he withdrew from public life, referring to old age, and retired to his estates in Italy ^[3] . Immediately after the murder of Commodus in 192, Pompeianu was offered to become the new emperor, but he refused. He also refused the title of co-ruler, proposed to him by Didius Julian .