CLST 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: 69, Poppaea Sabina, Damnatio Memoriae

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 341
• Professor: Kavanagh

Document Summary

I(cid:374) ad (cid:1010)(cid:1010), cor(cid:271)ulo"s son-in-law, annius vinicianus, escorted tiridates to rome, where his coronation marked the formal end of the war. Annius vinicianus was likely the son of the man by the same name who helped assassinate caligula. Thousands of parthians came to rome with tiridates to witness the coronation. Tiridates paid for all the accommodations and food for all who came to see him. Nero presented tiridates with a present: 1 million gold pieces (100 000 000 sesterces) Annius vinicianus left the city after the festivities, but by the time he reached beneventum, he was implicated in another plot against nero. He was heading back to his father-in-law in the east. He was accused of plotting to overthrow nero and put corbulo in his place. This plot follows the family tradition of m. vinicianus, married to julia, sister of caligula, (cid:449)ho (cid:449)as al(cid:373)ost put i(cid:374) pla(cid:272)e of caligula at his (cid:271)rother a(cid:374)(cid:374)ius vi(cid:374)i(cid:272)ia(cid:374)us i"s (cid:449)ishi(cid:374)g.