Titus Aurelius Fulvus was a
Romansenator, who was active during the reign of
Domitian. Fulvus is best known as the father of Roman Emperor
Antoninus Pius. His father, also named
Titus Aurelius Fulvus, had also been twice consul and promoted to the
patrician class.
Biography
Titus Aurelius Fulvus was
ordinary consul in 89 with
Marcus Asinius Atratinus as his colleague.[1][2] This Fulvus has been described by
Augustan History as a "stern and upright man.” The younger Fulvus married Arria Fadilla, a daughter of the consul
Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus and friend to the historian
Pliny the Younger. Their only child was Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus, who was born in
Lanuvium (modern Lanuvio),
Italy, on 19 September 86; who was raised by Fulvus' father-in-law after his early death. This son became the emperor
Antoninus Pius.
^The epitomator of Cassius Dio (
72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA"Marcus Aurelius" 24.
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