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Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes son of Tiberios Klaudios Hipparchus
- Preferred Name: Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes son of Tiberios Klaudios Hipparchus[1] [2] [3] [4]
- Gender: M
- Death: 137
- Birth: 65 in Marathón, Attica, Greece at LATI: N7.7184 LONG: E3.4622
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Suffect Consul133 in Roma, Lazio, Italy at LATI: N1.903 LONG: E2.4963 with note: Consul in the Roman Senate is a 1-year position
- Occupation: Governor of Judea. 7th LegateBET 99 AND 102 in Judea, Roman Empire at LATI: N1.75 LONG: E5 with note: https://www.geni.com/people/Tiberius-Herodes-Governor-of-Judaea/6000000030328122311
- FSID: LT3Z-SYS
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Claudius_Atticus_Herodes_(consul_133)
Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes (65 – before 160) was a distinguished Greek aristocrat of the Roman Empire.
Contents
1 Origin and life
2 Family
3 References
4 Sources
Origin and life
Claudius Atticus was a Greek of Athenian descent. As he bears the Roman family name, Claudius, there is a possibility that a paternal ancestor of his received Roman citizenship from an unknown member of the Claudius gens. His great-great-grandfather was a man called Polycharmus (c. 9/8 BC-22/23 AD).[1] Claudius Atticus was born and raised into a very distinguished, wealthy family. He was the son of Hipparchus (born c. 40) and an unnamed woman.[2] His sister was called Claudia Alcia, and married the Athenian aristocrat Lucius Vibullius Rufus.[2] In his lifetime, Hipparchus was considered one of the wealthiest men in the Roman Empire; he was reputed to possess one hundred million sesterces.[3] This reputation is evident in a line from Suetonius (The Twelve Caesars, Vespasian, 13):
When Salvius Liberalis was defending a rich client he earned commendation from Vespasian by daring to ask: ‘Does the Emperor really care whether Hipparchus is, or is not, worth a million gold pieces?’
However, Hipparchus' fortune ultimately led to his downfall. Vespasian's second son Domitian, in either 92 or 93, ordered proscriptions on a large number of wealthy men.[3] The father of Claudius Atticus seems to have been accused of attempting to form an extra-constitutional regime in Athens. Consequently, his fortune and estates were confiscated, and, on Domitian's orders, Hipparchus was either executed or exiled.[3]
In later years, in a house that Claudius Atticus acquired near the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, he found an immense treasure.[4] As a precaution, he wrote a letter to the Emperor Nerva informing him of this and asking what to do with the treasure. Nerva replied in a letter stating: "Use what you have found".[4] However, Claudius Atticus again wrote to Nerva, stating that this discovery was beyond his station in life, to which Nerva replied: "Then misuse your windfall, for it is yours".[4] It is possible that this treasure was hidden there by Hipparchus during Domitian's proscriptions. With it, Claudius Atticus restored his family's influence and prestige.[4]
In 98, using money from the treasure, Claudius Atticus purchased a seat in the Roman Senate. According to two fragments from the Christian chronicler Hegesippus,[5] Claudius Atticus served as the 7th legate of the Iudaea Province from 99 to 102.[6] Claudius Atticus served as one of the suffect consuls in the year 133, being the first Greek from old Greece to reach the post, and probably also its first member in the Roman Senate.[7]
Family
Claudius Atticus married an Athenian heiress called Vibullia Alcia Agrippina, a member of a very wealthy and prominent family. Vibullia was also his niece, being the daughter of his sister, Claudia Alcia.[2][3][8] She bore him three children:[9]
Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes, otherwise known as Herodes Atticus, 101-177
Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodianus
Claudia Tisamenis
Herodes Atticus and his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla, erected a great outdoor nymphaeum (a monumental fountain) at Olympia, Greece. The monumental fountain features statues and honors members of the ruling imperial family, relatives of Herodes Atticus, and his wife. Among the statues is a bust of Claudius Atticus, now on display at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia[10]
References
Day, An economic history of Athens under Roman domination p. 238
Graindor, Un milliardaire antique p. 29
Day, An economic history of Athens under Roman domination p. 242
Day, An economic history of Athens under Roman domination p. 243
Cited in Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica III.32, 3, 6
E. Mary Smallwood, "Atticus, Legate of Judaea under Trajan", Journal of Roman Studies, 52 (1962), pp. 131-133
Werner Eck, Paul Holder, Andreas Pangerl, "A diploma for the army of Britain in 132 and Hadrian’s return to Rome from the East", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 174 (2010), p. 194f
Wilson, Encyclopedia of ancient Greece p. 349
Pomeroy, The murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity
McManus, Barbara F. "Plancia Magna, Aurelia Paulina, and Regilla: Civic Donors". Vroma.org. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
Sources
Suetonius - The Twelve Caesars – Vespasian
Day, J., An economic history of Athens under Roman domination, Ayers Company Publishers, 1973
Graindor, P., Un milliardaire antique, Ayers Company Publishers, 1979
Wilson, N.G., Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece, Routledge, 2006
Pomeroy, S.B., The murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity, Harvard University Press, 2007
https://web.archive.org/web/20110716083759/http://www.sleepinbuff.com/13history.pdf
"Plancia Magna, Aurelia Paulina, and Regilla: Civic Donors"
"Procurators"
Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes 65-137 son of Hipparchus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Claudius_Atticus_Herodes_(consul_133)
Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes (65 – before 160) was a distinguished Greek aristocrat of the Roman Empire.
Contents
=== ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ ===
http://fabpedigree.com/s050/f002151.htm
Atticus Herodes; Govenor of Judea, Roman Province; suffect consul 133
Preferred Parents:
Father: Tiberios Claudius Pompeianus Hipparchus, b. ABT 40 d. 95
Mother: Tisamenis Hipparchus , b. 40 in Spárta, Attica, Greece
Family 1: Vibullia Alcia Agripina , b. 80 in Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Cláudia Tisamenis ,
Sources:
- Title: Biographical information about Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes
Publication: Name: https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stamboom-jansen/I27079.php;
- Title: Revoly.com: Judaea, Roman Province. List of Govenors lists Tiberius Claudius
Publication: Name: https://topics.revolvy.com/topic/Judaea%20(Roman%20province)&item_type=topic;
Note: List of Governors (CE 6–135)
Name Reign Length of rule Category
Coponius 6–9 3 Roman Prefect
Marcus Ambivulus 9–12 3 Roman Prefect
Annius Rufus 12–15 3 Roman Prefect
Valerius Gratus 15–26 11 Roman Prefect
Pontius Pilate 26–36 10 Roman Prefect
Marcellus 36–37 1 Roman Prefect
Marullus 37–41 4 Roman Prefect
Agrippa I 41–44 3 King of Judaea
Cuspius Fadus 44–46 2 Roman Procurator
Tiberius Julius Alexander 46–48 2 Roman Procurator
Ventidius Cumanus 48–52 4 Roman Procurator
Marcus Antonius Felix 52–60 8 Roman Procurator
Porcius Festus 60–62 2 Roman Procurator
Lucceius Albinus 62–64 2 Roman Procurator
Gessius Florus 64–66 2 Roman Procurator
Marcus Antonius Julianus 66–70 (dates uncertain) 4 Roman Procurator
Sextus Vettulenus Cerialis 70–71 1 Roman Legate
Lucilius Bassus 71–72 1 Roman Legate
Lucius Flavius Silva 72–81 9 Roman Legate
M. Salvidenus 80–85 5 Roman Legate
Gnaeus Pompeius Longinus c.86 1 Roman Legate
Sextus Hermetidius Campanus c.93 1 Roman Legate
Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes 99–102 3 Roman Legate
Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus 102–104 2 Roman Legate
Quintus Pompeius Falco 105–107 2 Roman Legate
Tiberianus 114–117 3 Roman Legate
Lusius Quietus 117-120 3 Roman Legate
Lucius Cossonius Gallus 120 1 Roman Legate
Quintus Tineius Rufus 132–135 3 Roman Legate
Sextus Julius Severus c. 135 1 Roman Legat
- Title: PEDIGREE - Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes; Govenor of Judea, Roman Province
Publication: Name: http://fabpedigree.com/s050/f002151.htm;
- Title: Wikipedia: Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes "suffect consul 133"
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Claudius_Atticus_Herodes_(suffect_consul_133);
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