Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus
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There were two Romans of Senatorial rank
with the name Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries in the Roman Empire
. One was a father, the other his son.
, Gaius Julius Cornutus Bryonianus
and there is a possibility that his mother’s name could have been Tertulla. He was born and raised in Attaleia (modern Antalya
) in the Roman province
of Pamphylia
.
Tertullus served as a Roman Governor of Crete
and Cyrene
. After 70 the Roman Emperor
Vespasian
promoted him to Praetorian Rank
. In the reign of Vespasian’s second son Domitian
(81-96), Tertullus served as a Proconsul of Gallia Narbonensis
.
In 98, Tertullus was appointed Prefect
of the Treasury. His colleague in his appointment was his friend the historian and Roman Senator Pliny the Younger
. In 100 Tertullus served as a suffect consul, while Pliny served as a consul
in Rome
.
Between 109-110, Tertullus conducted a census
in Gallia Aquitania
and between 112-115 served as a Proconsul
of Bithynia
and Pontus
. Then again Tertullus served as a Proconsul of the Africa Province
between 116-118. Tertullus married an unnamed Roman woman from this marriage had a son of the same name (see below) and a daughter called Julia Tertulla
.
, the capital of the Roman province
of Pamphylia
. Unfortunately very little is known on him.
This Tertullus married a Roman woman from Perga
called Plancia Magna
, who a prominent citizen and patron of Perga. Magna was the daughter of Roman Senator and Proconsul Marcus Plancius Varus
and Herodian Princess
Julia
. Tertullus and Magna had a son and only child called Gaius Julius Plancius Varus Cornutus
.
Roman Senate
The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic, however, it was not an elected body, but one whose members were appointed by the consuls, and later by the censors. After a magistrate served his term in office, it usually was followed with automatic...
with the name Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries in the Roman Empire
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
. One was a father, the other his son.
Suffect Consul of 100
Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus was the son of a prominent citizen from PergaPerga
Perga was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia and the capital of Pamphylia, now in Antalya province on the southwestern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Today it is a large site of ancient ruins east of Antalya on the coastal plain. Located there is an acropolis dating back to the Bronze Age...
, Gaius Julius Cornutus Bryonianus
Gaius Julius Cornutus Bryonianus
Gaius Julius Cornutus Bryonianus was a Roman that lived in the 1st century in the Roman Empire. Bryonianus originally came from Perga, the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia...
and there is a possibility that his mother’s name could have been Tertulla. He was born and raised in Attaleia (modern Antalya
Antalya
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...
) in the Roman province
Roman province
In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and, until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of Italy...
of Pamphylia
Pamphylia
In ancient geography, Pamphylia was the region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus . It was bounded on the north by Pisidia and was therefore a country of small extent, having a coast-line of only about 75 miles with a breadth of...
.
Tertullus served as a Roman Governor of Crete
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
and Cyrene
Cyrene, Libya
Cyrene was an ancient Greek colony and then a Roman city in present-day Shahhat, Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times.Cyrene lies in a lush valley in the Jebel Akhdar...
. After 70 the Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office although at any given time, a given title was associated with the emperor...
Vespasian
Vespasian
Vespasian , was Roman Emperor from 69 AD to 79 AD. Vespasian was the founder of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Empire for a quarter century. Vespasian was descended from a family of equestrians, who rose into the senatorial rank under the Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty...
promoted him to Praetorian Rank
Praetorian Guard
The Praetorian Guard was a force of bodyguards used by Roman Emperors. The title was already used during the Roman Republic for the guards of Roman generals, at least since the rise to prominence of the Scipio family around 275 BC...
. In the reign of Vespasian’s second son Domitian
Domitian
Domitian was Roman Emperor from 81 to 96. Domitian was the third and last emperor of the Flavian dynasty.Domitian's youth and early career were largely spent in the shadow of his brother Titus, who gained military renown during the First Jewish-Roman War...
(81-96), Tertullus served as a Proconsul of Gallia Narbonensis
Gallia Narbonensis
Gallia Narbonensis was a Roman province located in what is now Languedoc and Provence, in southern France. It was also known as Gallia Transalpina , which was originally a designation for that part of Gaul lying across the Alps from Italia and it contained a western region known as Septimania...
.
In 98, Tertullus was appointed Prefect
Prefect
Prefect is a magisterial title of varying definition....
of the Treasury. His colleague in his appointment was his friend the historian and Roman Senator Pliny the Younger
Pliny the Younger
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo , better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him...
. In 100 Tertullus served as a suffect consul, while Pliny served as a consul
Consul
Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic...
in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
.
Between 109-110, Tertullus conducted a census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
in Gallia Aquitania
Gallia Aquitania
Gallia Aquitania was a province of the Roman Empire, bordered by the provinces of Gallia Lugdunensis, Gallia Narbonensis, and Hispania Tarraconensis...
and between 112-115 served as a Proconsul
Proconsul
A proconsul was a governor of a province in the Roman Republic appointed for one year by the senate. In modern usage, the title has been used for a person from one country ruling another country or bluntly interfering in another country's internal affairs.-Ancient Rome:In the Roman Republic, a...
of Bithynia
Bithynia
Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine .-Description:...
and Pontus
Pontus
Pontus or Pontos is a historical Greek designation for a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in modern-day northeastern Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region in antiquity by the Greeks who colonized the area, and derived from the Greek name of the Black Sea: Πόντος...
. Then again Tertullus served as a Proconsul of the Africa Province
Africa Province
The Roman province of Africa was established after the Romans defeated Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day northern Tunisia, and the small Mediterranean coast of modern-day western Libya along the Syrtis Minor...
between 116-118. Tertullus married an unnamed Roman woman from this marriage had a son of the same name (see below) and a daughter called Julia Tertulla
Julia Tertulla
Julia Tertulla was a Roman woman who lived in the 1st century and 2nd century in the Roman Empire. Tertulla was the daughter of suffect consul Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus and the identity of her mother is unknown. Tertulla was born and raised in Perga, the capital of the Roman province of...
.
Husband of Plancia Magna
Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus was the son to the above and the identity of his mother is unknown. He was born and raised in PergaPerga
Perga was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia and the capital of Pamphylia, now in Antalya province on the southwestern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Today it is a large site of ancient ruins east of Antalya on the coastal plain. Located there is an acropolis dating back to the Bronze Age...
, the capital of the Roman province
Roman province
In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and, until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of Italy...
of Pamphylia
Pamphylia
In ancient geography, Pamphylia was the region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus . It was bounded on the north by Pisidia and was therefore a country of small extent, having a coast-line of only about 75 miles with a breadth of...
. Unfortunately very little is known on him.
This Tertullus married a Roman woman from Perga
Perga
Perga was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia and the capital of Pamphylia, now in Antalya province on the southwestern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Today it is a large site of ancient ruins east of Antalya on the coastal plain. Located there is an acropolis dating back to the Bronze Age...
called Plancia Magna
Plancia Magna
Plancia Magna was a prominent woman from Anatolia who lived between the 1st century and 2nd century in the Roman Empire.-Ancestry, family, and early life:...
, who a prominent citizen and patron of Perga. Magna was the daughter of Roman Senator and Proconsul Marcus Plancius Varus
Marcus Plancius Varus
Marcus Plancius Varus was an Anatolian Roman noble who lived in the 1st century in the Roman Empire. His paternal ancestors were originally from Latium in Central Italy. They had immigrated to Anatolia in the time of the late Roman Republic. Varus came from a local, wealthy family who were...
and Herodian Princess
Herodian Dynasty
The Herodian Dynasty was a Jewish dynasty of Idumean descent, client Kings of Roman Judaea Province between 37 BCE and 92 CE.- Origin :During the time of the Hasmonean ruler John Hyrcanus 134-104 BCE, Israel conquered Edom and forced the Edomites to convert to Judaism.The Edomites were integrated...
Julia
Julia (daughter of Tigranes VI of Armenia)
Julia was a Herodian Princess who lived in the 1st century and possibly in the 2nd century in the Roman Empire.She was of Jewish, Nabataean, Edomite, Greek, Armenian and Persian ancestry. She was the daughter of the Herodian Prince, later King Tigranes VI of Armenia and his wife Opgalli...
. Tertullus and Magna had a son and only child called Gaius Julius Plancius Varus Cornutus
Gaius Julius Plancius Varus Cornutus
Gaius Julius Plancius Varus Cornutus was a man of Roman Senatorial rank who lived in the Roman Empire in the 2nd century.Cornutus was the son and only child of Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus and Plancia Magna. His paternal grandparents were the Proconsul and Suffect Consul Gaius Julius Cornutus...
.
Sources
- http://www.livius.org/pi-pm/pliny/pliny_y2.html
- Jones, Brian W. (1992). The Emperor Domitian, Routledge
- Hazel, John (2002). Who's who in the Roman world, Routledge