Ceionia Fabia

• Preferred Name: Ceionia Fabia^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• Death: AFT 175
  
• Birth: ABT 125 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy at LATI: N1.9051 LONG: E2.4971
  
• FSID: GH3W-KQ9
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Engaged in 136 to sosa Marcus Aurelius (Annii Veri), Emperor of Rome(8 March 161 - 9 April 180), Consul Romain (Marcus Aurelius Caesar, 140), Consul Romain (Marcus Aurelius Caesar II, 145), Consul Romain (Marcus Aurelius Caesar III, 161), Pontifex maximus (161), César Romain (138)

1. Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus - Epidii , b. ABT 140 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy     d. 205

1. Title: Wikiwand: Nerva–Antonine dynasty
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   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Nerva%E2%80%93Antonine_dynasty;
   Note: The Nerva–Antonine dynasty was a dynasty of seven Roman Emperors who ruled over the Roman Empire from 96 CE to 192 CE. These Emperors are Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Lucius Verus, Marcus Aurelius, and Commodus. The first five of them (excluding Lucius Verus) are commonly known as the "Five Good Emperors." The first five of the six successions within this dynasty were notable in that the reigning Emperor adopted the candidate of his choice to be his successor. Under Roman law, an adoption established a bond legally as strong as that of kinship. Because of this, all but the first and last of the Nerva–Antonine emperors are called Adoptive Emperors. The importance of official adoption in Roman society has often been considered as a conscious repudiation of the principle of dynastic inheritance and has been deemed one of the factors of the period's prosperity. However, this was not a new practice. It was common for patrician families to adopt, and Roman emperors had adopted heirs in the past: the Emperor Augustus had adopted Tiberius and the Emperor Claudius had adopted Nero. Julius Caesar, dictator perpetuo and considered to be instrumental in the transition from Republic to Empire, adopted Gaius Octavius, who would become Augustus, Rome's first emperor. Moreover, there was a family connection as Trajan adopted his first cousin once removed and great-nephew by marriage Hadrian, and Hadrian made his half-nephew by marriage and heir Antoninus Pius adopt both Hadrian's second cousin three times removed and half-great-nephew by marriage Marcus Aurelius, also Antoninus' nephew by marriage, and the son of his original planned successor, Lucius Verus. The naming by Marcus Aurelius of his son Commodus was considered to be an unfortunate choice and the beginning of the Empire's decline. With Commodus' murder in 192, the Nerva–Antonine dynasty came to an end; it was followed by a period of turbulence known as the Year of the Five Emperors. History Nerva–Trajan dynasty Nerva was the first of the dynasty. Though his reign was short, it saw a partial reconciliation between the army, Senate and commoners. Nerva adopted as his son the popular military leader Trajan. In turn, Hadrian succeeded Trajan; he had been the latter's heir presumptive and averred that he had been adopted by him on Trajan's deathbed. Antonine dynasty The Antonines are four Roman Emperors who ruled between 138 and 192: Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus and Commodus. In 138, after a long reign dedicated to the cultural unification and consolidation of the empire, the Emperor Hadrian named Antoninus Pius his son and heir, under the condition that he adopt both Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. Hadrian died that same year, and Antoninus began a peaceful, benevolent reign. He adhered strictly to Roman traditions and institutions and shared his power with the Roman Senate. Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus succeeded Antoninus Pius in 161 upon that emperor's death, and co-ruled until Verus' death in 169. Marcus continued the Antonine legacy after Verus' death as an unpretentious and gifted administrator and leader. He died in 180 and was followed by his biological son, Commodus. Five Good Emperors The rulers commonly known as the "Five Good Emperors" were Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius. The term was coined by Niccolò Machiavelli in "The Discourses on Livy": "From the study of this history we may also learn how a good government is to be established; for while all the emperors who succeeded to the throne by birth, except Titus, were bad, all were good who succeeded by adoption, as in the case of the five from Nerva to Marcus. But as soon as the empire fell once more to the heirs by birth, its ruin recommenced." Machiavelli argued that these adopted emperors earned the respect of those around them through good governing: "Titus, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, and Marcus had no need of praetorian cohorts, or of countless legions to guard them, but were defended by their own good lives, the good-will of their subjects, and the attachment of the senate." " Edward Gibbon wrote in "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" that their rule was a time when "the Roman Empire was governed by absolute power, under the guidance of wisdom and virtue." Gibbon believed that these benevolent monarchs and their moderate policies were unusual and contrasted with their more tyrannical and oppressive successors. Alternative hypothesis One hypothesis posits that adoptive succession is thought to have arisen because of a lack of biological heirs. All but the last of the adoptive emperors had no legitimate biological sons to succeed them. They were thus obliged to pick a successor somewhere else; as soon as the Emperor could look towards a biological son to succeed him, adoptive succession was set aside. The dynasty may be broken up into the Nerva–Trajan dynasty (also called the Ulpian dynasty after Trajan's "nomen gentile" 'Ulpius') and Antonine dynasty (after their common name Antoninus). The Jewish viewpoint The concept of "The Five Good Emperors" reflects the internal Roman point of view. As regards their treatment of Roman citizens, these five Emperors clearly seem better than other Emperors – specifically, better than Domitian who immediately preceded them and Commodus who immediately followed them – and this view was taken up by later Europeans, drawing on Roman historical sources. It is, however, not necessarily the point of view of provincials and of Rome's neighbors – particularly, of those targeted by one or more of these emperors in a war of conquest or in the suppression of a revolt. In many cases, such diverging points of view did not leave a record; for example, there is no surviving historical source recording the Dacians' opinion of Trajan, who conquered them. However, in the case of the Jews, who suffered greatly at the suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt by Hadrian, there is an extensive rabbinic literature offering a very different perspective from that of Roman historiography. While the Roman view lumped Hadrian and Antoninus Pius together among the Five Good Emperors, Jews tended to contrast the Bad Hadrian with the Good Antoninus. When Jewish sources mention Hadrian it is always with the epitaph "may his bones be crushed" (Hebrew: שחיק עצמות‎, Aramaic: שחיק טמיא‎[7]), an expression never used with respect to even Vespasian or Titus, who destroyed the Second Temple; conversely, Antoninus Pius is positively remembered in the Jewish tradition, as having ameliorated the Jews' lot and abolished many of the harsh decrees which Hadrian had imposed on them. The Jewish viewpoint The concept of "The Five Good Emperors" reflects the internal Roman point of view. As regards their treatment of Roman citizens, these five Emperors clearly seem better than other Emperors – specifically, better than Domitian who immediately preceded them and Commodus who immediately followed them – and this view was taken up by later Europeans, drawing on Roman historical sources. It is, however, not necessarily the point of view of provincials and of Rome's neighbors – particularly, of those targeted by one or more of these emperors in a war of conquest or in the suppression of a revolt. Nerva–Antonine family tree [chart]
   
2. Title: Wikiwand: Ceionia (gens)
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   Note: The gens Ceionia was a Roman family of imperial times. The first member of the gens to obtain the consulship was Lucius Ceionius Commodus in AD 78. The rise of this family culminated in the elevation of the emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus, born Lucius Ceionius Commodus, in AD 161. Origin The Ceionii were probably of Etruscan origin. Their nomen resembles other Etruscan names, such as "Cilnius," and the family does not appear in history before the first century. The historian Aelius Spartianus wrote that they came from Etruria, or perhaps from the town of Faventia, which was itself of Etruscan origin. Praenomina The praenomina used by the Ceionii were "Lucius," "Gaius," and "Marcus." Branches and cognomina The most illustrious family of the Ceionii bore the cognomen "Commodus," meaning "friendly, obliging," or "pleasant." The agnomen "Verus," meaning "true." was borne by some members of this family. Many other surnames occur, some of which were ordinary cognomina, such as "Rufus," meaning "red" or "reddish," or "Bassus," "stout." However, as with many families of imperial times, many surnames were acquired from other families to whom the Ceionii were related or otherwise politically connected. "Postumus," a surname belonging to the father of the emperor Albinus, is derived from the praenomen "Postumus," referring to a youngest child, although a popular false etymology derived it from "post humus," "after burial," meaning a child born after his father's death. In a letter referred to by the historian Julius Capitolinus, Ceionius Postumus claimed to be a descendant of the ancient patrician house of the Postumii, whose "nomen" was itself derived from the praenomen "Postumus." Ceionius named his son "Albinus," supposedly in reference both to the extraordinary whiteness of his skin, and to the noble family of the Postumii Albini; however, several other members of the gens also bore the surname "Albinus." Members This list includes abbreviated praenomina. Ceionii Commodi . Lucius Ceionius Commodus, consul in AD 78. . Lucius Ceionius (L. f.) Commodus, consul in AD 106. . Lucius Ceionius L. f. (L. n.) Commodus Verus, consul in AD 136, adopted by the emperor Hadrian as his heir. . Lucius Ceionius L. f. L. n. Commodus, better known as "Lucius Verus," adopted by the emperor Antoninus Pius; emperor with Marcus Aurelius from AD 161 to 169. . Ceionia L. f. L. n. Fabia, one of the sisters of Lucius Verus, was originally betrothed to Marcus Aurelius; the engagement was dissolved at the request of Antoninus Pius, and she married . Plautius Quintillus, consul in AD 159. . Ceionia L. f. L. n. Plautia, a sister of Lucius Verus, married Quintus Servilius Pudens, consul in AD 166. . Gaius Avidius Ceionius L. f. L. n. Commodus, the brother of Lucius Verus. Ceionii Albini . Ceionius Postumius, father of the emperor Albinus. . Decimus Clodius Ceionius Septimius Albinus, emperor from AD 196 to 197. . Ceionius Postumianus, a relative of the emperor Albinus, who helped him gain the attention of the Antonines. . Ceionius Albinus, a distinguished man, probably a relative of the emperor Albinus, put to death by Septimius Severus. . Ceionius Albinus, "praefectus urbi" under the emperor Valerian; his full name may have been Marcus Nummius Ceionius Annius Albinus. A Nummius Albinus was praefectus urbi in AD 256. . Gaius Caeionius Rufius Volusianus, "praefectus urbi" in AD 310 and 311, and from 313 to 315. . Ceionius Rufius Albinus, "praefectus urbi" from AD 335 to 337. . Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus, praetorian prefect of Gaul in AD 354 and 355, proconsul of Africa, and "praefectus urbi" in 365. . Ceionius Rufius Albinus, "praefectus urbi" from AD 389 to 391. . Publius Ceionius Caecina Albinus, grandfather of Eustochius, Bishop of Tours during the mid-5th century. Others . Ceionius, "praefectus" of the camp under Publius Quinctilius Varus, took his own life after the disaster of Teutoburg Forest, in AD 9. . Marcus Ceionius Silvanus, consul in AD 156. . Marcia Aurelia Ceionia Demetrias, a freedwoman of the emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus; mistress of the emperor Commodus, in whose downfall she played a prominent part; she was later put to death by Didius Julianus. . Ceionius Virius Bassus, consul in AD 271, and a friend of the emperor Aurelian, to whom he wrote a letter respecting the destruction of Palmyra. . Ceionius Varus, "praefectus urbi" in AD 284 and 285. . Ceionius Julianus, "praefectus urbi" in AD 310 and 311, a friend of the historian Vopiscus.
   
3. Title: Wikiwand: Ceionia Fabia
   Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sources: From Tiberius to the Antonines: a history of the Roman Empire AD 14-192, by Albino Garzetti, 1974 Cassio Dione e l'impero romano da Nerva ad Antonino Pio: alla luce dei nuovi by Guido Migliorati, 2003 – Italian Historical Secondary Source The Cambridge ancient history, Volume 11 By Alan K. Bowman, Peter Garnsey, Dominic Rathbone Limited preview - Edition: 2 - Item notes: v. 11 – 2000 Marcus Aurelius, by Anthony Richard Birley, Routledge, 2000 http://www.roman-emperors.org/lverus.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130525075850/http://www.roman-empire.net/highpoint/marcaurelius.html
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   Note: Ceionia Fabia (flourished 2nd century) was a noble Roman woman and a member of the ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire. Fabia was the first-born daughter to Lucius Aelius and Avidia Plautia. In 136, her father was adopted by Hadrian as heir to the throne. Fabia had three siblings: a sister Ceionia Plautia and two brothers: the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus who co-ruled with Marcus Aurelius from 161-169 and Gaius Avidius Ceionius Commodus. Her cognomen "Fabia" reveals that her father was related to the gens Fabia. However, whom she was named after from the gens Fabia is unknown. Fabia was born and raised in Rome. Her maternal grandparents were the Roman Senator Gaius Avidius Nigrinus and the surmised but undocumented noblewoman Ignota Plautia. Although her adoptive paternal grandparents were the Roman Emperor Hadrian and Roman Empress Vibia Sabina, her biological paternal grandparents were the consul Lucius Ceionius Commodus and noblewoman Aelia or Fundania Plautia. Sometime in 136 after Hadrian announced that her father was to be the Emperor’s official heir, on the wishes of Hadrian, the emperor betrothed Fabia to Hadrian’s great-nephew Marcus Aurelius. Although Fabia and Aurelius became engaged, the engagement did not survive Hadrian; immediately after the emperor's death, Antoninus Pius, Hadrian's second adopted son and the new emperor, approached Marcus and requested that his marriage arrangements be amended: Marcus' betrothal to Ceionia Fabia would be annulled, and he would be betrothed to Faustina, Antoninus' daughter, instead. Faustina's betrothal to Ceionia's brother Lucius Commodus would also have to be annulled. Marcus consented to Antoninus' proposal. Fabia later married the nobleman Plautius Quintillus who came from a family of consular rank. During the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-161), Quintillus served as an ordinary consul in 159. Fabia bore Quintillus a son called Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus who later married Annia Aurelia Fadilla, one of the daughters of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger. Throughout the Roman Empire, various honorific inscriptions have survived being dedicated to Fabia and her family. These inscriptions honor Fabia as the mother of Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus; the sister of Roman Emperor Lucius Verus and the sister-in-law of Empress Lucilla (the second daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger, who was one of the sisters of Fadilla). According to an inscription found at Ephesus, Fabia was present when Lucius Verus married Lucilla. It appears by 175 her husband had died. When Faustina the Younger had died in 175, Fabia was said to have attempted to interest Marcus Aurelius in a second marriage. However, Marcus Aurelius preferred to take a mistress, who was a daughter of one of Faustina’s procurators. Nerva–Antonine family tree [chart]