ANNI1616 T. Annius (78) T. f. T. n. Rufus

Relationships

son of
? T. Annius (63, 64) T. f. Luscus (cos. 153) (Badian 1990)
father of
? C. Annius (9) T. f. T. n. (Luscus)? (pr. 83, 82 or 81) (RE)
? Annia (101) (daughter of? T. Annius (78) T. f. T. n. Rufus (cos. 128)) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Monetalis 144 (RRC) Expand
    • Monetalis. In MRR 2.432, and Index, 536, read AN RUF. See above on T. An(nius) Ruf(us), and RE no. 78. (Broughton MRR III)
    • ref. 221 (RRC)
  • Praetor before 130 Sicilia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest date possible for their praetorships under the Lex Villia. (Broughton MRR I)
    • The discovery at S. Onofrio (Catanzaro), a little to the northeast of Vibo Valentia, of an inscribed milestone on what has been known as the Via Popillia, has aroused continuing discussion. The inscription, CCLX I T. Annius T. f. I Pr. (ILLRP 454a), is taken to refer to the praetorship, not otherwise directly attested, of the consul of 128, and so must be dated by or before 131. The name Annius raises the question whether the road (the distances are counted from Capua to Rhegium) was built by P. Popillius Laenas (28), Cos. 132, and whether he was the one who set up the acephalous Polla inscription (CIL 1?.2.638-ILS 23-ILLRP 454). Both are attributed to him because he did build a Via Popillia, and Polla is near the site of Forum Popillii. See L. Pitimada, NS 1953, 343f. and AEpig. 1955, no. 191, for publication of the inscription; and for discussions of the road-building of Popillius and Annius in connection with the program of the Gracchan Commission (boundary stones of their survey have been found near Polla), see A. Degrassi (Ist. Ven. Sc. Lett. Art., Atti del Convegno del Retroterra Veneziano, 1956, 35-40; Philologus 99, 1955, 259-265-Scritti vari 2.1027-1033 and 1035-1040, resp.). Degrassi has Annius succeed Popillius in charge of the road, and attributes to him also the Via Annia which connected Aquileia with the south, Forum Annii in Lucania (Sall. Hist. 3.98 M), and the Via Annia in Etruria (see above, on Annius Luscus [63, 64], Cos. 153, for Wiseman's view). V. Bracco, RAAN 29, 1955, 5-42 (not available to me) attributes the southern road to the consul of 153, as the one first to act in Lucania, and to convert ager scripturarius there to ager vectigalis. Wiseman however attributes the southern road to the praetor of 131, and J. M. Reynolds (JRS 61, 1971, 139) finds that the arguments sum up against Degrassi, and more in favor of supporters of the praetor of 131. According to G. P. Verbrugghe, Ap. Claudius Pulcher (295), Cos. 143, was the author of both the road and the inscription (CPh 68, 1973, 25-35). See below, on Claudius Pulcher (295). Annius' praetorship may be dated also before 131. See also V. Bracco, Archeol. Storia Calabria Lucania, 1965-66, 151-163 (not available to me); A. Degrassi, Acta 5th Internat. Congress Gr. and Lat. Epig. 160; T. P. Wiseman, PBSR 37, 1969, 82-91. On the inscription of Polla, see also A. E. Gordon, Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy, no. 12, pp. 87, 89.[16x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 741, footnote 153 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 128 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Chr. 354 (Optavio et Rufo); Fast. Hyd. (Octavio et Rufo), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; see Degrassi 126, 470f. (Broughton MRR I)