Lucius Annius Vinicianus (son-in-law of Cn. Domitius Corbulo)

Lucius 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 62 CE..

Family

Vinicianus was the son of Lucius Annius Vinicianus, and the grandson of Gaius Annius Pollio, suffect consul in 21 or 22 CE,[2] and Vinicia. Vinicia was the sister of Marcus Vinicius, the husband of Caligula's youngest sister Julia Livilla.[3]

Vinicianus married Domitia, the daughter of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo and Cassia Longina, the daughter of Gaius Cassius Longinus the consul of 30 and Junia Lepida, a great-great-granddaughter of Augustus.[4] Her sister Domitia Longina married the future emperor Domitian. By marriage, Vinicianus was thus related to both the Julio-Claudian and the later Flavian Dynasty.

Suetonius mentions in clause 12 that Domitia and Vinicianus also had a son.

Career

In 63 CE Vinicianus served as legatus legionis in the Legio V Macedonica in the province of Armenia, under his father-in-law Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo.[5][6] In this period he and Corbulo fought in the Roman–Parthian War of 58–63.

Plot against Nero and death

Vinicianus 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 CE. 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 committed suicide in 67. Corbulo would also be forced to commit suicide.

References
  1. Tacitus, Annales, pp. 413
  2. Tacitus, "Annals of the Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero", pp.451
  3. Vogel-Weidemann, Statthalter 313; Syme, Roman Revolution 499
  4. Syme, "Domitius Corbulo", pp. 36f
  5. Matei-Popescu, Florian (2010). "The Roman Army in Moesia Inferior". STRATEG Project - PNCDI II. Conphys Publishing House. p. 325. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  6. Tacitus, Annales, XV.28
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