Gaius Julius Severus II
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Gaius Julius Severus was a Proconsul
of Asia between 152 and 153. He was the son of (Gaius) Julius Quadratus
, a Roman
Cavalry Officer
.
He was a descendant of Attalus
(of Pergamon), Deiotaros
(of Galatia
), and (the Tetrarch) Amyntas
, as well as cousin of (Gaius) Iulius (Asinius) Quadratus (father of Gaius Asinius Quadratus).
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 Asia between 152 and 153. He was the son of (Gaius) Julius Quadratus
(Gaius) Julius Quadratus
Julius Quadratus was a Roman Cavalry Officer. He was the son of Gaius Julius Severus, a Tribune in Legio VI Ferrata.He was the father of Gaius Julius Severus, a Proconsul of Asia between 152 and 153....
, a Roman
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....
Cavalry Officer
Officer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...
.
He was a descendant of Attalus
Attalus III
Attalus III Philometor Euergetes was the last Attalid king of Pergamon, ruling from 138 BC to 133 BC....
(of Pergamon), Deiotaros
Deiotarus
Deiotarus of Galatia was a Chief Tetrarch of the Tolistobogii at Western Galatia, Asia Minor, and a King of Galatia at Anatolia, Asia Minor. He was considered one of the most adept of Celtic kings, ruling the three tribes of Celtic Galatia from his fortress in Blucium...
(of Galatia
Galatia
Ancient Galatia was an area in the highlands of central Anatolia in modern Turkey. Galatia was named for the immigrant Gauls from Thrace , who settled here and became its ruling caste in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC. It has been called the "Gallia" of...
), and (the Tetrarch) Amyntas
Amyntas of Galatia
Amyntas , Tetrarch of the Trocmi was a King of Galatia and several of the adjacent countries between 36 BC and 25 BC, mentioned by Strabo as contemporary with himself. He was the son of Brogitarix, King of Galatia and his wife, a Princess of Galatia. He seems to have first possessed Lycaonia, where...
, as well as cousin of (Gaius) Iulius (Asinius) Quadratus (father of Gaius Asinius Quadratus).
Sources
- Christian SettipaniChristian SettipaniChristian Settipani is the Technical Director of an IT company in Paris and a genealogist and historian.He has a Master of Advanced Studies degree from the Paris-Sorbonne University and is currently preparing his doctoral thesis, while he often gives lectures to students undergraduates at the...
, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne (France: Éditions Christian, 1989).
See also
- Descent from antiquityDescent from antiquityDescent from Antiquity is the project of establishing a well-researched, generation-by-generation descent of living persons from people living in antiquity. It is an ultimate challenge in prosopography and genealogy....