Lucius Caesennius Antoninus (c. 95 – after 128) was a Roman aristocrat. He was suffect consul for the nundinium of February to March 128 with Marcus Annius Libo as his colleague.[1]
His ancestry is uncertain. Ronald Syme stated that it was possible he was the son of Lucius Caesennius Sospes, consul in 114, but in a footnote Syme admitted Antoninus could be the grandson of his brother Lucius Junius Caesennius Paetus, consul in 79.[2]
Nerva–Antonine family tree[edit]
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Nerva–Antonine family tree
Q. Marcius Barea Soranus
Q. Marcius Barea Sura
Antonia Furnilla
M. Cocceius Nerva
Sergia Plautilla
P. Aelius Hadrianus
Titus (r. 79–81)
Marcia Furnilla
Marcia
Trajanus Pater
Nerva (r. 96–98)
Ulpia[i]
Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus
Flavia[ii]
Marciana[iii]
C. Salonius Matidius[iv]
Trajan (r. 98–117)
Plotina
P. Acilius Attianus
P. Aelius Afer[v]
Paulina Major[vi]
Lucius Mindius (2)
Libo Rupilius Frugi (3)
Salonia Matidia[vii]
L. Vibius Sabinus (1)[viii]
Paulina Minor[vi]
L. Julius Ursus Servianus[ix]
Matidia Minor[vii]
Sabina[iii]
Hadrian[v][x][vi] (r. 117–138)
Antinous[xi]
C. Fuscus Salinator I
Julia Serviana Paulina
M. Annius Verus[xii]
Rupilia Faustina[xiii][xiv]
Boionia Procilla
Cn. Arrius Antoninus
L. Ceionius Commodus
Appia Severa
C. Fuscus Salinator II
L. Caesennius Paetus
Arria Antonina
Arria Fadilla[xv]
T. Aurelius Fulvus
L. Caesennius Antoninus
L. Commodus
Plautia
unknown[xvi]
C. Avidius Nigrinus
M. Annius Verus[xiii]
Calvisia Domitia Lucilla[xvii]
Fundania[xviii]
M. Annius Libo[xiii]
Faustina[xv]
Antoninus Pius (r. 138–161)[xv]
L. Aelius Caesar[xvi]
Avidia[xvi]
Cornificia[xiii]
Marcus Aurelius (r. 161–180)[xix]
Faustina Minor[xix]
C. Avidius Cassius[xx]
Aurelia Fadilla[xv]
Lucius Verus (r. 161–169)[xvi] (1)
Ceionia Fabia[xvi]
Plautius Quintillus[xxi]
Q. Servilius Pudens
Ceionia Plautia[xvi]
Cornificia Minor[xxii]
M. Petronius Sura
Commodus (r. 177–192)[xix]
Fadilla[xxii]
M. Annius Verus Caesar[xix]
Ti. Claudius Pompeianus (2)
Lucilla[xix]
M. Plautius Quintillus[xvi]
Junius Licinius Balbus
Servilia Ceionia
Petronius Antoninus
L. Aurelius Agaclytus (2)
Aurelia Sabina[xxii]
L. Antistius Burrus (1)
Plautius Quintillus
Plautia Servilla
C. Furius Sabinus Timesitheus
Antonia Gordiana
Junius Licinius Balbus?
Furia Sabina Tranquillina
Gordian III (r. 238–244)
(1) = 1st spouse
(2) = 2nd spouse
(3) = 3rd spouse
Reddish-purple indicates emperor of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty
lighter purple indicates designated imperial heir of said dynasty who never reigned
grey indicates unsuccessful imperial aspirants
bluish-purple indicates emperors of other dynasties
dashed lines indicate adoption; dotted lines indicate love affairs/unmarried relationships
Small Caps = posthumously deified (Augusti, Augustae, or other)
Notes:
Except where otherwise noted, the notes below indicate that an individual's parentage is as shown in the above family tree.
^Sister of Trajan's father: Giacosa (1977), p. 7.
^Giacosa (1977), p. 8.
^ abLevick (2014), p. 161.
^Husband of Ulpia Marciana: Levick (2014), p. 161.
^ abGiacosa (1977), p. 7.
^ abcDIR contributor (Herbert W. Benario, 2000), "Hadrian".
^ abGiacosa (1977), p. 9.
^Husband of Salonia Matidia: Levick (2014), p. 161.
^Smith (1870), "Julius Servianus".
^Smith (1870), "Hadrian", pp. 319–322.
^Lover of Hadrian: Lambert (1984), p. 99 and passim; deification: Lamber (1984), pp. 2–5, etc.
^Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ abcdLevick (2014), p. 163.
^It is uncertain whether Rupilia Faustina was Frugi's daughter by Salonia Matidia or another woman.
^ abcdLevick (2014), p. 162.
^ abcdefgLevick (2014), p. 164.
^Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10.
^Wife of M. Annius Libo: Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ abcdeGiacosa (1977), p. 10.
^The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA "Marcus Aurelius" 24.
^Husband of Ceionia Fabia: Levick (2014), p. 164.
^ abcLevick (2014), p. 117.
References:
DIR contributors (2000). "De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families". Retrieved 2015-04-14.
Giacosa, Giorgio (1977). Women of the Caesars: Their Lives and Portraits on Coins. Translated by R. Ross Holloway. Milan: Edizioni Arte e Moneta. ISBN 0-8390-0193-2.
Lambert, Royston (1984). Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous. New York: Viking. ISBN 0-670-15708-2.
Levick, Barbara (2014). Faustina I and II: Imperial Women of the Golden Age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-537941-9.
Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
^E. Mary Smallwood, Principates of Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (Cambridge: University Press, 1966), p. 9
^Syme, "The Enigmatic Sospes", Journal of Roman Studies, 67 (1977), p. 46 and n. 92
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