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Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus
- Preferred Name: Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus
- Gender: M
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Proconsul d'Asie
- FSID: LK73-5JW
- alt.birth: um 0137
- Birth: 127 in Hierapytna, Crete at LATI: N5.1603 LONG: E4.8831 with note: calculated
- Death: 197
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
From Wikipedia -
Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus (ca. 137 AD – 197 AD) was a Roman statesman who served as Senator and Consul suffectus. He unsuccessfully attempted to succeed his son-in-law Pertinax as Emperor in 193.
Early life
Sulpicianus was probably born in the Cretan town of Hierapytna around the year 137. A senator, he was probably the son of Titus Flavius Titianus, who was the equestrian Prefect of Egypt under Hadrian.
Career
Sulpicianus’ early career is unknown, but in around 170 he was appointed suffect consul. Sometime during the 170s he was made a member of the Arval Brethren, and he was appointed the Proconsular governor of Asia in 186.[1] He may have had some involvement in the plot to murder the emperor Commodus at the end of 192,[2] and by early 193 he was appointed Praefectus urbi of Rome as a result of his marital ties to the incoming emperor Pertinax, who was married to his daughter, Flavia Titiana, as part of the emperor’s attempt to shore up his support among the senatorial aristocracy.
Attempted Emperorship
The aftermath of Pertinax's murder saw Sulpicianus trying to quell a disturbance among the Praetorian Guard. Hearing of Pertinax’s death, he was offered the imperial title and he turned to the Praetorians to gain their approval.[3] He proceeded to offer each soldier 20,000 sesterces, or eight years worth of wages, the same amount offered by Marcus Aurelius in 161. Unfortunately, a fellow senator, Didius Julianus, appeared and outbid Sulpicianus, thereby winning their support.[4] Julianus was saluted as imperator by the Praetorians, and the new emperor proceeded to pardon his rival, retaining Sulpicianus as the urban prefect.[5]
Death
Sulpicianus survived Julianus’ death and the arrival of the new emperor Septimius Severus. However, possibly due to his having supported the rival imperial claimant Clodius Albinus, Sulpicianus was prosecuted and executed in 197.[6]
Family
Sulpicianus had at least two children; a son, Titus Flavius Titianus, who was suffect consul ca. 200 AD, and a daughter, Flavia Titiana, who was married to the emperor Pertinax. He also had a number of estates around Praeneste.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Salomon ap Gradion King of Brittany I, b. 330 in Nursia d. 133 in Italy (age 65)
Mother: Flavia , b. 95 in Norcia, Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Family 1: Flavia Titiana FLAVIUS, b. um 0140
- Budic ap Aldroen, b. 165 in Roma, Roman Empire d. 216 in Roma, Roman Empire
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