In the
1st centuryThe 1st century was the century that lasted from 1 to 100 according the Julian calendar. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period...
, lived two noblemen uncle and nephew, that shared the name
Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus who were two descendants of Roman Emperor Augustus.
- The elder Silanus, was the third born son was and among the children born to Aemilia Lepida
Aemilia Lepida was a noble Roman woman and matron. She was the eldest daughter and first born child of Julia the Younger and consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus. Her father was of a distinguished and ancient patrician family...
and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus a member of the Junii SilaniSilanus is the cognomen of a patrician branch of the Junius family of ancient Rome which came to prominence during the Empire. Important members of this family were three brothers who lived in the reigns of Claudius and Nero who were descended via their mother Aemilia Lepida from the emperor Augustus...
, a family of Ancient RomeAncient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea, it became one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
. His maternal grandparents were the princess Julia the YoungerJulia the Younger or Julilla was a Roman noblewoman of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. She was the second child of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder...
and consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus.
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In the
1st centuryThe 1st century was the century that lasted from 1 to 100 according the Julian calendar. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period...
, lived two noblemen uncle and nephew, that shared the name
Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus who were two descendants of Roman Emperor Augustus.
- The elder Silanus, was the third born son was and among the children born to Aemilia Lepida
Aemilia Lepida was a noble Roman woman and matron. She was the eldest daughter and first born child of Julia the Younger and consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus. Her father was of a distinguished and ancient patrician family...
and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus a member of the Junii SilaniSilanus is the cognomen of a patrician branch of the Junius family of ancient Rome which came to prominence during the Empire. Important members of this family were three brothers who lived in the reigns of Claudius and Nero who were descended via their mother Aemilia Lepida from the emperor Augustus...
, a family of Ancient RomeAncient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea, it became one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
. His maternal grandparents were the princess Julia the YoungerJulia the Younger or Julilla was a Roman noblewoman of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. She was the second child of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder...
and consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus. Through his maternal grandparents he was a descendant of Roman EmperorThe Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin titles such as imperator , augustus, caesar and princeps were all associated with it...
AugustusGaius Julius Caesar Augustus was the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.
[These are the contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian after 45 BC...]
, noble woman ScriboniaScribonia was the second wife of Roman Emperor Augustus and the mother of his only natural child, Julia Caesaris. She was the grandmother of Gaius Caesar, Julia the Younger, Lucius Caesar, Agrippina the Elder and Agrippa Postumus, great-grandmother to Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the...
, statesman Marcus Vipsanius AgrippaMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law, lieutenant and defense minister to Octavian, the future emperor Caesar Augustus...
and consul Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (brother of the triumvir Marcus Aemilius LepidusMarcus Aemilius Lepidus , was a Roman patrician who rose to become a member of the Second Triumvirate and Pontifex Maximus. His father, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, had been involved in a rebellion against the Roman Republic which led to his death.Lepidus was among Julius Caesar's greatest...
). He won an honorary triumphThe Roman triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome. Its origins and development remain obscure: ancient Roman historians placed the first triumph in the mythical past...
and gave a lavish gladiatorA Gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their legal and social standing and their lives by appearing in the...
ial display. He was praetorPraetor was a title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army, either before it was mustered or more typically in the field, or an elected magistrate assigned duties that varied depending on the historical period. The...
in 48. The EmperorThe Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin titles such as imperator , augustus, caesar and princeps were all associated with it...
ClaudiusTiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from 24 January AD 41 to his death in AD 54...
betrothed him to his daughter Claudia OctaviaClaudia Octavia was a Roman Empress, stepsister and first wife to Roman Emperor Nero.-Family:...
, but this was broken off in 48 when Empress Agrippina the YoungerJulia Agrippina , also known as Agrippina the Younger and Agrippina Minor was a Roman empress...
, hoping to secure Octavia as bride for her son NeroNero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great uncle Claudius to become heir to the throne...
. He was falsely charged with open affection toward his sister Junia CalvinaJunia Calvina was a noble Roman woman. She was the first born daughter and among the children of Aemilia Lepida and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus a member of the Junii Silani, a family of Ancient Rome. Her maternal grandparents were the princess Julia the Younger and consul Lucius Aemilius...
. Consequently Claudius broke off the engagement and forced Silanus to resign from public office. He committed suicide on New Year's DayNew Year's Day is the first day of the new year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome . In all countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, except for Israel, it is a public holiday, often celebrated with fireworks at the...
, 49, the same day that Claudius and Agrippina married.
- The younger Silanus (50-66) was the son of the elder's brother, Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus
Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus was a consul that lived in the Roman Empire. Marcus was the first born son and child to Aemilia Lepida and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus a member of the Junii Silani, a family of Ancient Rome. His maternal grandparents were the princess Julia the Younger and...
. His mother is unknown. After his father's murder, he was raised by his paternal aunt Junia LepidaJunia Lepida was a Roman noble woman that lived during the Roman Empire in the 1st century. Lepida was the second born daughter and was among the children born of Aemilia Lepida and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus a member of the Junii Silani, a family of Ancient Rome...
and her husband Gaius Cassius Longinus. A respected young nobleman, he became a rival in his youth to Emperor NeroNero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great uncle Claudius to become heir to the throne...
. Expelled from public life by Nero after his accession to the purple, Silanus was banished to a small country town. He was killed in a stand off with his guard.
Sources
- Suetonius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius , was an equestrian and a historian during the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies of twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar until Domitian, entitled De Vita Caesarum...
- The Twelve Caesars - Claudius & Nero
- Tacitus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors...
- The Annals of Imperial Rome