Sextus Appuleius
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Sextus Appuleius is the name of four figures during the 1st century BC and 1st century AD. The first Sextus Appuleius was married to Octavia Major
Octavia Major
Octavia the Elder , also known as Octavia Major or Octavia Maior was the daughter of the Roman governor and senator Gaius Octavius by his first wife, Ancharia. She was also an elder half-sister to Octavia the Younger and Roman Emperor Augustus. Little is known of her life...

, the elder half-sister of Augustus
Augustus
Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...

. The three subsequent figures named Sextus Appuleius are respectively the son, grandson and great-grandson of Sextus Appuleius (I) and Octavia Major
Octavia Major
Octavia the Elder , also known as Octavia Major or Octavia Maior was the daughter of the Roman governor and senator Gaius Octavius by his first wife, Ancharia. She was also an elder half-sister to Octavia the Younger and Roman Emperor Augustus. Little is known of her life...

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Sextus Appuleius (I)

Date of his birth and death are unknown.

He married Octavia Major
Octavia Major
Octavia the Elder , also known as Octavia Major or Octavia Maior was the daughter of the Roman governor and senator Gaius Octavius by his first wife, Ancharia. She was also an elder half-sister to Octavia the Younger and Roman Emperor Augustus. Little is known of her life...

, the elder half-sister of Augustus
Augustus
Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...

, by whom he had one known child, a son, also named Sextus Appuleius (II).

It is possible that this Sextus Appuleius was Flamen Iulialis .

Sextus Appuleius (II)

Sextus Appuleius (II) was the son of Sextus Appuleius (I) and Octavia Major
Octavia Major
Octavia the Elder , also known as Octavia Major or Octavia Maior was the daughter of the Roman governor and senator Gaius Octavius by his first wife, Ancharia. She was also an elder half-sister to Octavia the Younger and Roman Emperor Augustus. Little is known of her life...

, the elder half-sister of Augustus
Augustus
Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...

. The year of his birth is uncertain, but, based the date of his consulship, was probably in the late 60s BC.

This Sextus Appuleius achieved a number of notable offices during the reign of his half-uncle. He was ordinary consul with Augustus
Augustus
Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...

 in 29 BC. He then served as proconsul of Hispania in 28 BC, then as proconsul of Asia 23-22 BC. As a result of some unspecified event during this proconsulship he was granted a Roman Triumph
Roman triumph
The Roman triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander who had won great military successes, or originally and traditionally, one who had successfully completed a foreign war. In Republican...

 in January of 26 BC .

He seems also to have served as governor of Illyricum in 8 BC, succeeding Tiberius
Tiberius
Tiberius , was Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. Tiberius was by birth a Claudian, son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. His mother divorced Nero and married Augustus in 39 BC, making him a step-son of Octavian...

 in that post. He was a member of the college of augurs .

It is possible that it was this Sextus Appuleius, and not his father, who was Flamen Iulialis .

According to an inscription in the province of Asia, he was married to a woman named Quinctilia, who was a sister to the Roman politician and general, Publius Quinctilius Varus
Publius Quinctilius Varus
Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman politician and general under Emperor Augustus, mainly remembered for having lost three Roman legions and his own life when attacked by Germanic leader Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.-Life:His paternal grandfather was senator Sextus Quinctilius...

 . By her, he had two known children, a son, also named Sextus Appuleius (III) and a daughter named Appuleia Varilla
Appuleia Varilla
Appuleia Varilla was the only child of Claudia Marcella Major and her third husband, Sextus Appuleius, consul in 14...

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It has been proposed that the middle-aged flamen on the Ara Pacis is this Sextus Appuleius in his role as Flamen Iulialis http://bib18.ulb.ac.be/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/shu013&CISOPTR=513&REC=12.

The date of his death is unknown.

Sextus Appuleius (III)

Sextus Appuleius (III) was the son of Sextus Appuleius (II) and Quinctilia. This Sextus Appuleius (III) was also a half-great-nephew of Augustus
Augustus
Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...

 via his father.

His career is largely unknown, except that he became ordinary consul in the year 14 .

It was during his consulship in 14, that his half-great-uncle, Augustus, died and was succeeded by Tiberius. Appuleius was the first to swear allegiance to Tiberius .

He was married to Fabia Numantina
Fabia Numantina
Generally believed to be the daughter of Paullus Fabius Maximus and Marcia, a maternal first cousin of Augustus. However, it is possible that she was the daughter of Paullus' brother, Africanus Fabius Maximus and an unknown wife.- Marriages :...

, a daughter of either Africanus Fabius Maximus
Africanus Fabius Maximus
Africanus Fabius Maximus was the younger son of Quintus Fabius Maximus and an unknown wife. His elder brother was Paullus Fabius Maximus and his sister was Fabia Paullina, who married Marcus Titius....

 and an unknown wife or Paullus Fabius Maximus
Paullus Fabius Maximus
Paullus Fabius Maximus was the elder son of Quintus Fabius Maximus and an unknown wife. He had one younger brother, Africanus Fabius Maximus and a sister, Fabia Paullina...

 and Marcia
Marcia
Marcia Aurelia Ceionia Demetrias, better known as Marcia, was the mistress and one of the assassins of 2nd century AD Roman Emperor Commodus from 182–93...

, a maternal cousin of Augustus .

Appuleius and Fabia had one son, also named Sextus Appuleius (IV) .

It is assumed he died not long after 14 because he is not mentioned subsequent to his consulship.

Sextus Appuleius (IV)

The son of the previous Sextus Appuleius (III) and Fabia Numantina
Fabia Numantina
Generally believed to be the daughter of Paullus Fabius Maximus and Marcia, a maternal first cousin of Augustus. However, it is possible that she was the daughter of Paullus' brother, Africanus Fabius Maximus and an unknown wife.- Marriages :...

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He was born sometime in the early 1st century, but died young; his tombstone at Luna , set up by his mother, refers to him as "the last of his family" (the Appuleii).

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