Gaius Bruttius Praesens

Gaius Bruttius Praesens

Lucius Fulvius Gaius Bruttius Praesens Laberius Maximus (c. 119 – after 180) was a prominent Roman senator during the reigns of Roman emperors Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Twice consul, he was the father of the Roman empress Bruttia Crispina, wife of Commodus. His career is largely known from inscriptions. The epithet "Polyonymus" appears on his grave inscription but should not itself be understood as a name, like some aristocratic Romans of the period he had ten or twelve names in all.

Praesens was the son and (as far as is known) the only child to Roman consul and senator Caius Bruttius Praesens Lucius Fulvius Rusticus and from his second marriage to rich Roman heiress Laberia Hostilia Crispina, daughter of the general and twice consul Manius Laberius Maximus. He was born and raised in Volceii, Lucania, Italy. To judge by the presumed dates of his first offices, Praesens must have been born in or around the year 119. He served as a military tribune in Legio III Gallica in Syria, probably about 136 when his father was governing the province. At the beginning of Antoninus Pius’ reign the family evidently stood in high favour: the father took his second consulship in 139 as colleague of the new emperor, and the son was elevated to patrician status about the same time. He went on to fill the coveted position of "quaestor augusti" to Antoninus.His first consulship fell in 153: he was "consul ordinarius", initiating the year with Publius Septimius Afer for colleague. He continued to prosper under Marcus Aurelius: like his father, he was Proconsul of Africa, in 166-167. In 178 Commodus was married to Praesens’s daughter Bruttia Crispina (164-193) and Marcus designated Praesens consul for the year 180. On 3 August 178, Praesens was one of those who accompanied Marcus and the young Commodus on the so-called 'expeditio Germanica secunda' against the Quadi, Iazyges and Marcomanni, and received military decorations for his part in the campaign. Praesens duly initiated the year 180, again as "consul ordinarius", with Sextus Quintillius Valerius Condianus for colleague. His wife is unknown and Praesens had two children: a son, the future consul Lucius Bruttius Quintius Crispinus and Bruttia Crispina.

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* German version of Wikipedia.
* http://www.forumancientcoins.com/historia/coins/r3/r1361.htm
* http://www.livius.org/bn-bz/bruttius/crispina.html
* Various essays by Sir Ronald Syme, notably 'An Eccentric Patrician', in "Roman Papers" Volume III (Oxford, 1984).


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