Annius Vinicianus (condemned by Nero)
Annius Vinicianus (36[1] – 66) was a Roman senator during the later part of the first century. He is best known from a failed plot to overthrow Nero in 66.
Family
editVinicianus was the son of Lucius Annius Vinicianus, and the grandson of Gaius Annius Pollio, suffect consul in 21 or 22,[2] and Vinicia. Vinicia was the sister of Marcus Vinicius, the husband of Caligula's youngest sister Julia Livilla.[3]
Vinicianus married a daughter of the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, and according to Suetonius (clause 12) they had a son.
Career
editIn 63, Vinicianus served as legatus legionis in the Legio V Macedonica in the province of Armenia, under his father-in-law Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo.[4][5] In this period he and Corbulo fought in the Roman–Parthian War of 58–63.
Plot against Nero and death
editVinicianus came from a family of plotters against the Caesars. His father was one of the men involved in the assassination of Caligula and later in a rebellion against Claudius. His brother was Annius Pollio, who was involved in the Pisonian conspiracy in 65. In 66 it would be Vinicianus that plotted against Nero, but the conspiracy failed. Vinicianus refused to speak nor prove his innocence to the Emperor and killed himself in 67. Corbulo would also be forced to die by suicide.
References
edit- ^ Tacitus, Annales, pp. 413
- ^ Tacitus, "Annals of the Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero", pp.451
- ^ Vogel-Weidemann, Statthalter 313; Syme, Roman Revolution 499
- ^ Matei-Popescu, Florian (2010). "The Roman Army in Moesia Inferior". STRATEG Project - PNCDI II. Conphys Publishing House. p. 325. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ Tacitus, Annales, XV.28