Appius Annius Trebonius Gallus, sometimes known as Appius Annius Gallus (Greek

Ancient Greek

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: , flourished 2nd century) was a Roman

Roman Empire

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 senator

Roman Senate

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Annius Gallus was the son of the Roman politician and general Appius Annius Trebonius Gallus

Appius Annius Trebonius Gallus (consul 108)

Appius Annius Trebonius Gallus was a distinguished Roman general and politician that lived in the second half of the 1st century and the first half of the 2nd century in the Roman Empire....

 and an unnamed Roman noble woman. His paternal grandfather could have been Appius Annius Gallus, one of the suffect consuls in the year 67. He was born into the gens Annia

Annia (gens)

The gens Annia was a plebeian family of considerable antiquity at Rome. The first person of this name whom Titus Livius mentions is the Latin praetor Lucius Annius of Setia, a Roman colony in 340 BC. By the time of the Second Punic War, the Annii were obtaining minor magistracies at Rome, and in...

and was a member of the venerable family of the Annii Regilli.

Through his father, Annius Gallus was related to the senator Marcus Annius Verus

Marcus Annius Verus

Marcus Annius Verus was a Roman man who lived in the 1st and 2nd century. He was the son of an elder Marcus Annius Verus, who gained the rank of senator and praetor. His family originated from Uccibi near Corduba in Spain...

, a brother-in-law of Roman Emperor

Roman Emperor

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 Hadrian

Hadrian

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 and father of the Empress Faustina the Elder

Faustina the Elder

Annia Galeria Faustina, more familiarly referred to as Faustina I , was a Roman Empress and wife of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.-Early life:...

, wife of the Emperor Antoninus Pius

Antoninus Pius

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. Faustina the Elder

Faustina the Elder

Annia Galeria Faustina, more familiarly referred to as Faustina I , was a Roman Empress and wife of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.-Early life:...

 was the mother of Roman Empress Faustina the Younger

Faustina the Younger

Annia Galeria Faustina Minor , Faustina Minor or Faustina the Younger was a daughter of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder. She was a Roman Empress and wife to her maternal cousin Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius...

 and aunt of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. In 139, Annius Gallus served as a consul

Roman consul

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. Although he was a distinguished Roman Senator, unfortunately not much is known on his life.

Annius Gallus married Atilia Caucidia Tertulla

Atilia Caucidia Tertulla

Atilia Caucidia Tertulla was an aristocratic woman from Ancient Roman society.Atilia was a member of the Atilia and was born into a family of consular rank, probably of Patrician rank. Atilia was the daughter of the Roman Senator, Consul and Governor Marcus Appius Bradua and Caucidia Tertulla...

, the daughter of Senator Marcus Appius Bradua

Marcus Appius Bradua

Marcus Appius Bradua, also known by his full name Marcus Atilius Metilius Bradua was a distinguished Roman Politician who lived in the second half of the 1st century and the first half of the 2nd century in the Roman Empire.-Biography:Bradua was a member of the Atilia...

 and Caucidia Tertulla.

His wife bore him two children who were:

• Appius Annius Atilius Bradua
  Appius Annius Atilius Bradua
  Appius Annius Atilius Bradua was a Roman Senator that lived in the Roman Empire.Annius Bradua was born and raised in an aristocratic family of consular rank and was a member of the gens Annia. He was a member of the venerable family of the Annii Regilli . Regilli means 'Little Queen'.His father...
  
  , consul in 160
• Appia Annia Regilla Atilia Caucidia Tertulla, otherwise known as Aspasia Annia Regilla
  Aspasia Annia Regilla
  Aspasia Annia Regilla, full name Appia Annia Regilla Atilia Caucidia Tertulla , was a wealthy, aristocratic and influential Roman woman, who was a distant relative of several Roman Emperors and Roman Empresses. She was the wife of the prominent Greek Herodes Atticus .-Genealogy:Regilla was born...
  
  , who married the prominent Greek Herodes Atticus
  Herodes Atticus
  Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes, otherwise known as Herodes Atticus was a very distinguished, rich Greek aristocrat who served as a Roman Senator and a Sophist. He is notable as a proponent in the Second Sophistic by Philostratus.-Ancestry and Family:Herodes Atticus...
  
  

Aspasia Annia Regilla and her husband had built an outdoor monument called an exedra

Exedra

In architecture, an exedra is a semicircular recess or plinth, often crowned by a semi-dome, which is sometimes set into a building's facade. The original Greek sense was applied to a room that opened onto a stoa, ringed with curved high-backed stone benches, a suitable place for a philosophical...

 at Olympia, Greece

Olympia, Greece

Olympia , a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both games were held every Olympiad , the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC...

, featuring statues honoring their various relatives and members of the ruling imperial family. Among the statues was one of a toga

Toga

The toga, a distinctive garment of Ancient Rome, was a cloth of perhaps 20 ft in length which was wrapped around the body and was generally worn over a tunic. The toga was made of wool, and the tunic under it often was made of linen. After the 2nd century BC, the toga was a garment worn...

-wearing Annius Gallus, which survives without its head, and is on display at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

Sources

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