Gaius Silius was the name of two consuls of the Roman Empire, during the 1st century. The elder was a consul in the reign of Augustus and the younger a consul in the reign of Claudius. Consul (abbrev. ... The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by an autocratic form of government. ... The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 100 according the Gregorian calendar. ... The famous statue of Octavian at the Prima Porta Caesar Augustus (Latin:IMP·CAESAR·DIVI·F·AVGVSTVS) ¹ (23 September 63 BC–19 August AD 14), known to modern historians as Octavian for the period of his life prior to 27 BC, is considered the first and one of the most... For other uses, see Claudius (disambiguation). ...
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Gaius Silius consul under Claudius
The younger Gaius Silius, son of the previous, was senator in 47 and a consul in 48. He had married the aristocratic woman Junia Silana. The ancient sources describe him as an intelligent, noble and attractive man. Events Roman Empire Romans build a fortification that will later grow to be the city of Utrecht. ... Events Rome Roman Emperor Claudius invests Agrippa II with the office of superintendent of the Temple in Jerusalem. ...
Through the infatuation of the Empress Messalina, they had become lovers. Silius knew the danger he put himself in. Messalina forced him to divorce his wife to marry her. They had committed bigamy and married before witnesses. Silius was childless and wanted to adopt Britannicus. Valeria Messalina (PIR1 V 161) , sometimes spelled Messallina, Mesalina ( 20-48) was a Roman Empress and third wife to Roman Emperor Claudius. ... Britannicus (41 - 55 A.D.) was the son of the Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Messalina. ...
Narcissus exposed their mock marriage and the plot to kill Claudius. The Emperor ordered their executions in 48. Tiberius Claudius Narcissus ( 1st century AD) was one of the freedmen who formed the core of the civil service under the Roman emperor Claudius. ... Events Rome Roman Emperor Claudius invests Agrippa II with the office of superintendent of the Temple in Jerusalem. ...
His ex-wife Junia Silana, was a friend of Agrippina the Younger and the two later became rivals for power, wealth and choice of men. Agrippina ordered her exile and she later died at Tarentum in 59. Map of Italy showing Taranto in the bottom right Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ... For other uses, see number 59. ...
He begot Gnaeus and Gaius, from whom two branches of the Octavian fimaily were derived, of very different standing; for Gnaeus and all his scions in turn held the highest offices, but Gaius and his progeny, whether from chance or choice, remained in the equestrian order down to the father of Augustus.
For he was not greatly broken by the fate of Gaius and Lucius, but he informed the Senate of his daughter's fall through a letter read in his absence by a quaestor, and for very shame would meet no one for a long time, and even thought of putting her to death.
As Marcus Cicero was attending Gaius Caesar to the Capitol, he happened to tell his friends a dream of the night before---that a boy of noble countenance was let down from heaven on a golden chain and, standing at the door of the temple, was given a whip by Jupiter.
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