Talk:Lucius Fundanius Lamia Aelianus

Lamia Aelianus' mother

I'm almost at the point of doing something I don't like doing: adding what appears to be original research to an article, but only because the implications of the evidence forces me to do so.

I've found a reliable source -- Anthony Birley, citing Ronald Syme, who endorses a theory put forth by Edmund Groag -- that Lamia Aelianus was the son of Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus. That part I can live with, since the previous content made some claims based on a vaguely referenced nod to one of Settipani's books, which is the trademark of a notorious former editor who has added a lot of otherwise crappy information to Wikipedia. (I suspect the username is one of his socks.) However, the only known wife for Plautius Aelianus is Domitia Longina, who was seduced by Domitian & later made his wife & empress. Which means she was possibly his mother. Which means I'm replacing one variety of crappy information with another.

Based on his name, it is possible that Plautius Aelianus took for his second wife a Fundania -- which would explain that element in Lamia Aelianus' name. But that's only a lesser degree of original research.

Any suggestions for a solution to this problem? Until then, I'm omitting any mention of Lamia Aelianus' mother in this article. -- llywrch (talk) 19:50, 9 February 2018 (UTC)