Gens:

RUBELLIUS

Created:

22nd December 2013

Update:

24th July 2020

Status Republic:

Patrician:

Pleb. Nobilis:

Senatorial:

Eques Romanus:

Local magistrate:

Republican Family / Cognomen

Patrician

n/a

Pleb. Nobilis

n/a

Senatorial

n/a

Equestrian

Blandus

Local magistrat.

n/a

Uncertain

n/a

Imperial Family / Cognomen

Imperators

n/a

Consular

Blandus, Geminus,

Senatorial

Caesianus, Drusus, Plautus

Equestrian

n/a

Equestrian (mil)

n/a

Local magistrat.

n/a

Uncertain

n/a

Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors

Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars)

incl. 0 emperors

Notes:

Literature

Baldwin: Fasti Cretae and Cyrenarum (1983) p.145-148 (§18 C. Rubellius L.f. Blandus, procos c.20, AE1974-667, Baldwin makes him a twin brother

of Geminus cos ord 29. Not sure why he could not be the father of cos 18, as proposed below)

Cebeillac: Quaestores Principis (1972) p.18-19 (§VI C. Rubellius Blandus, cos 18), p.236 (stemma)

Craven: Imperial Families of Ancient Rome (2020) p.107 (stemma with several errors, thus the C. Rubellius M.f. Blandus referred to in

JRS 66 (1976) p.185 (Joyce Reynolds: Roman Inscriptions 1971-5): is L.f. not M.f.)

Deniaux: Clientèles et pouvoir (1993) p.548-550 (§85 C. Rubellinus = C. Rubellius?; still uncertainty of nomen, since Rubellini are known)

Eidemann, Ursula: "Eine Bemerkung zu C. Rubellius Blandus, cos. suff. 18, und dessen Vater". Acta Classica, Vol.7, 1964, p.64-69

Hillebrand: Vigintivirat (2006) p.144 (§43 C. Rubellius Blandus, monetalis 4/2 BC)

Leclerc, Hélène: "'Prosopography and Social History: The Augustan Moneyers, the Position and the Consulship, the Family Background", in Mark Joyal (edit):

In Altum: Seventy-Five Years of Classical Studies in Newfoundland, St. Johns, Newfoundland, 2001, p.163 (C. Rubellius Blandus, monetalis 4 BC,

she identifies 'him with the father of the cos 18 AD)

Lewis: Priests (1955) p.33 (§P35 C. Rubellius Blandus pontifex by 36)

PIR2, letter QR (1999),stemma opposite p.82

Raepsaet-Charlier: PFOS (1987) stemma XXIII

Schneider: Zusammensetzung des römischen Senates (1942), §18 C. Rubellius Blandus, cos suff 18 AD), §49 L. Rubellius Geminus, cos ord 29,

§78 Blandus, cos an inc with a (Annius) Pollio

Settipani: Continuite (2000) p.269-273 proposes that Rubellia Bassa is the sister of consuls 18 and 29 and was married to C.Octavius Laenas cos 33

himself, and thus became the grandmother of Emperor Nerva.

Shackleton Bailey: "Two Studies" (1976), p.64 (C. Rubellius, manuscript says Rubellinus)

Ronald Syme: "The Marriage of Rubellius Blandus", in American Journal of Philology Vol.103, 1982, p.62-85 (= Roman Papers Vol 4, p.177-198)

Szramkiewicz: Gouverneurs Vol.2 (1972) p.435 (C. Rubellius Blandus, monetalis between 35 and 4 BC; possibly = procos Creta et Cyrene)

Thomasson: Fasti Africani (1996) p.31-32 (§25 C. Rubellius Blandus, procos Africa 35/36)

Tobalina Oraa, Eva: "El cursus honorum senatorial durante la época Julio-Claudia", 2007, p.466 (§26 stemma of Rubellii Blandi)

Tortotiello: Fasti Consolari di Claudio (2004) p.608-609 (C. Rubellius Blandus cos suff 40/41 or 44. This consulate and that of C. Annius Pollio is

normally assigned to 21 or 22 AD.(AE1993-1161a). If dated to the 40's he would be identical to R106, a son of cos 18)

Vogel-Weidemann: Statthalter (1982) p.109-114 (§10 C. Rubellius Blandus, procos Africa 35/36), p.611 (stemma 10)

Weidemann, Ursula: "Eine Bemerkung zu C. Rubellius Blandus, Cos. suff. 18, und dessen Vater", in Acta Classica, Vol. 7 (1964), pp. 64-69 ,

concludes the procos Creta et Cyrene is the father of the cos 18 AD. He could also be the monetalis, but the dating of the monetalis is very uncertian.

Wiseman: New Men (1971) p.256 (§356 C. Rubellius Blandus, R109)

Changes

2020.07.24 New header, reference list added plus several updates

R108 RE2 RE Blandus 2 Dem131

RE1 Nic302

L.? (Rubellius) Blandus

C. Rubellius?

ab Tibur

called C. Rubellinus in manuscripts,

eques Romanus, teacher of rhetoric

negotiator in Africa,

grandfather of cos suff 18 AD

heir of Q.Turius 43

REPUBLIC

IMPERIAL

R109

RE4 Laet314 LP38-9

C. Rubellius L.f. Blandus

trib Cam,

pr, procos Creta + Cyrene,

~ Sergia, dt of L. Sergius Plautus

Laet315 LP39-24

R110

R111 RE4 RE5 Rüpke2922

R107 Laet65

R113 RE7 Laet751

C. Rubellius C.f. Blandus

(L.? Rubellius) Blandus

L. Rubellius Geminus

(Caesia)

(T. Caesius)

monet c.4 BC? (dating uncertain) (RE4 R110)

cos suff 21 or 22

cos ord 29

q Aug, tr pl, pr,

consul with a Pollio

cos suff 18 procos Africa 35/36

pont, ment 38, patron Leptis Magna,

33 ~ 2 Iulia (J3, FOS422)

adop ?

* 3/4 AD † 43, dt of

DRUSUS IULIUS CAESAR

cos 15 21† 23

R106

RE3

R115 RE8Laet1667

R112

RE6

R116 FOS667 RE9

R114 sub RE7

Rubellius Blandus

(Serg.?) Rubellius Plautus

(Rubellius?) Blandi f. Drusus

Rubellia Blandi f. Bassa

L. Rubellius T.f.Geminus Caesianus

ment by Iuvenal

* post 33 exiled 60 † 62 exc

* post 33

or dt of R106

† aged 13

? = Sergius Rubellius Plautus

† start 2nd century

on fistula aquaria (AE1954-70)

~ Octavius Laenas (O41)

~ Antistia Pollitta † 65 A778 FOS72

son of C. Octavius Laenas cos suff 33

dt of Antistius Vetus cos 55

↓

children

alive 65

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