Gaius Aufidius Victorinus - Wikipedia Gaius Aufidius Victorinus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search 2nd century Roman senator, general and governor Gaius Aufidius Victorinus was a Roman senator and general of the second century. A friend of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and the son-in-law of the advocate and orator Marcus Cornelius Fronto, he was twice consul and governor of several Roman provinces. Contents 1 Career 2 Family 3 References 4 Further reading Career[edit] Victorinus came from Pisaurum in Umbria.[1] He was a student of Fronto at the same time as Marcus Aurelius, where their friendship began.[2] In 155 Victorinus became suffect consul, then from c. 162 to c. 166 he was governor of Germania Superior, where he was commissioned to repulse the invading Chatti, which he did successfully.[3] Two letters Fronto wrote to him while governor survive. In the first, Fronto petitions for his help in getting a position for the rhetorician Antoninus Aquila.[4] In the second, Fronto updates Victorinus about his two sons, whom Victorinus had left with Fronto while in Germania Superior.[5] After his tenure in Germania Superior, Victorinus became governor of Dacia (168/9), then Hispania Baetica (probably 170/1) and Hispania Tarraconensis (171-172).[6] Victorinus then held the Proconsulate of Africa (c. 173/5)[7] and between 177 and 179 was governor of Syria.[8] In the last year of his tenure as Urban prefect (probably from 179 to 183),[9] Victorinus was consul a second time with Commodus as his colleague. At the death of Marcus Aurelius and the beginning of Commodus' tenure, Victorinus was still in high esteem, but Cassius Dio suggests that Commodus, probably at the instigation of the powerful Praetorian prefect Sextus Tigidius Perennis, sought to kill Victorinus.[10] Family[edit] Victorinus married Fronto's daughter Gratia.[11] They had at least three sons. One died at the age of three in Germania Superior while Victorinus was governor of that province.[12] The other two are Marcus Aufidius Fronto (consul ordinarius 199) and Gaius Aufidius Victorinus (consul ordinarius 200). References[edit] ^ CIL XI, 6334 ^ Historia Augusta, "Marcus Aurelius", ch. 2 ^ Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag 1977), pp. 228f ^ Fronto, Ad Amicos I.7; translated by C.R. Haines, The Correspondence of Marcus Cornelius Fronto (London: Heineman, 1919), vol. 2 pp. 169f ^ Fronto, Ad Amicos I.12; translated by Haines, Correspondence, vol. 2 pp. 171f ^ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, p. 230 ^ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, p. 210 ^ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, p. 240 ^ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, pp. 287f ^ Dio, Roman History 72.11.1-2 ^ Fronto writes of their betrothal in Ad Amicos II.11; translated by Haines, Correspondence, vol. 1 p. 293 ^ Fronto, De nepote Amiss, II; Ad Verum Imp. II.9; both translated by Haines, Correspondence, vol. 2 pp. 223-234. Further reading[edit] H.-G. Pflaum, "La carriere de C. Aufidius Victorinus condisciple de Marc Aurele", CRAI, 100 (1956), pp. 189-200 Political offices Preceded by Gaius Julius Severus, and Marcus Junius Rufinus Sabinianus as consules ordinarii Consul of the Roman Empire 155 with Marcus Gavius Appalius Succeeded by Antius Pollio, and Minicius Opimianus as consules suffecti Preceded by Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus, and Quintus Tineius Rufus as consules ordinarii Consul of the Roman Empire 183 with Commodus IV Succeeded by Lucius Tutilius Pontianus Gentianus, and ignotus as consules suffecti Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaius_Aufidius_Victorinus&oldid=1016278943" Categories: 2nd-century Romans Imperial Roman consuls Roman governors of Germania Superior Roman governors of Dacia Roman governors of Hispania Baetica Roman governors of Hispania Tarraconensis Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Български Català Deutsch Español Français Italiano Latina Русский Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 6 April 2021, at 09:53 (UTC). 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