Summary
Lucius Salvius Otho Titianus was the elder brother of the Roman Emperor Otho (reigned 69 AD). As a Roman senator, he was consul in the year 52 as the colleague of Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix,[1] and appointed consul as his brother's colleague for the period from Galba's murder to the end of February.[2] Titianus was given the daily responsibilities of the emperor by Otho when Otho left Rome to halt the advance of Vitellius into Italy.[3] Subsequently, Titianus was appointed generalissimo in charge of the war by Otho [4] and was present at the First Battle of Bedriacum.
Lucius Salvius Otho Titianus | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Senator |
| Spouse | Cocceia |
| Children | Lucius Salvius Otho Cocceianus |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Otho |
Titianus was a member of the Arval Brethren, serving as promagistrate at least five times beginning in the year 57 into the year 69.[5] The sortition awarded him the proconsular governorship of Asia for the term 63/64.[6]
Family edit
Titianus was married to Cocceia, sister of the future Emperor Nerva (reigned 96–98), with whom he had a son, Lucius Salvius Otho Cocceianus. Cocceianus rose to become consul around 80, but was later executed under orders of Emperor Domitian, for having observed his uncle Otho's birthday.[7]
References edit
- ^ Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for the Reign of Claudius", Classical Quarterly, 28 (1978), pp. 409, 425
- ^ Tacitus, Histories, I.77
- ^ Tacitus, Publius. The Histories. Penguin. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-140-44964-8.
- ^ Tacitus, Publius. The Histories. Penguin. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-140-44964-8.
- ^ Werner Eck, Senatoren von Vespasian bis Hadrian (Muenchen: Beck'sche, 1970), pp. 22f
- ^ Ronald Syme, "Problems about Proconsuls of Asia", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 53 (1983), p. 197
- ^ Gallivan, "The Fasti for A. D. 70-96", Classical Quarterly, 31 (1981), p. 209