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Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus

b. AD 50

Roman consul some time between 122 and 127 AD

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About Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus

Born AD 50. Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus was a Roman politician and governor.

Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus was a Roman senator of the second century. He was attested suffect consul with Lucius Trebius Germanus as his colleague on 15 December of an undetermined year between 122 and 127. Both Flaccus and Germanus are primarily known from inscriptions.

Géza Alföldy has suggested that Flaccus might be the son of a Calpurnius Flaccus, to whom Pliny the Younger wrote a short and chatty letter. Alföldy identified the son with another Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus, known from an inscription, who was flamen provinciae Hispaniae about the time of Hadrian's visit to Tarraco.

The cursus honorum of Flaccus is imperfectly known from an inscription from Salamis. His first known office was as legatus legionis or commander of a Roman legion in the Rhine provinces with "Augustus" in its name; Alföldy argues that Flaccus was legatus more likely of Legio II Augusta than Legio VIII Augusta, since no legates of the second unit are known to have gone on to govern provinces after the Flavian dynasty. This was followed a few years later as governor of Cyprus in 122/123, after which he acceded to the consulate.

Flaccus' life is unrecorded after his consulate.

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Important facts

Born
AD 50
Birth century
Nationality
Positions held
Ancient Roman senator, Consul suffectus
Also known as
C. Calpurnius Flaccus

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Roman consul some time between 122 and 127 AD

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Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus was born in AD 50.

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Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus was a politician and governor.

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Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus was Roman.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus

· Wikidata: Q41603624

· DBpedia: Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus

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