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Lucius Antonius Saturninus was the governor of Germania Superior, that in 89 rebelled against Domitian with the support of the legions XIV Gemina and XXI Rapax, camped in Moguntiacum (Mainz). The rebellion was suppressed quickly, Saturninus punished, and the XXI sent to Pannonia. Categories: Historical stubs | Ancient Roman provinces | German history | Germany | History of the Germanic peoples ... For other uses, see number 89. ... Jump to: navigation, search Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 – 18 September 96), commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman emperor of the gens Flavia. ... Legio XIV Gemina Martia Victrix was a legion of the Roman Empire created by Octavian. ... Legio XXI Rapax, the predator, was a Roman legion levied in 31 BC by Augustus, probably from men previously enlisted in other legions. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map of Germany showing Mainz Mainz (French: Mayence) is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Jump to: navigation, search Position of the Roman province of Pannonia Pannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. ...
Saturninus was elected tribune for the third time for the year beginning December 10, 100, and Glaucia, although at the time praetor and therefore not eligible until after the lapse of two years, was a candidate for the consulship.
Antonius the orator was elected without opposition; the other government candidate, Gaius Memmius, who seemed to have the better chance of success, was beaten to death by the hired agents of Saturninus and Glaucia, while the voting was actually going on.
Saturninus, defeated in a pitched battle in the Forum (Dec. 10), took refuge with his followers in the Capitol, where, the water supply having been cut off, they were forced to capitulate.
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