Aulus Plautius
Aulus Plautius ( † after 57) was a Roman senator and general.
Family
Aulus Plautius was the son of the same father, who had been in the year 1 BC Suffektkonsul. His sister was married to Publius Petronius. His brother was possibly Quintus Plautius, who was consul 36. His great-aunt Urgulania was a friend of the emperor 's wife Livia Drusilla. Claudius ' wife Plautia Urgulanilla was a relative.
Plautius ' wife Pomponia Graecina 57 was accused of "foreign superstition ", but Plautius she spoke freely in front of a home court. Maybe Pomponia hung on Christianity. The Christian background of Pomponia Plautius and possibly also plays a role in the novel Quo Vadis and its film adaptations.
His son Aulus Plautius was killed as an alleged lover of Agrippina by Nero and thus shared the fate of many other relatives of the Julio- Claudian imperial house.
Career
An inscription indicates its involvement in the suppression of a slave rebellion in Apulia. However, since this uprising is not precisely dated, it could have also acted to his father.
In 29 Plautius was Suffektkonsul and of 36 or 39 to 42 governor of the province of Pannonia.
Britain campaign
Early 40s defeated some British tribes under Caratacus the friend of Rome Atrebates. That was the reason for conquest of Britain for Claudius. 43 Plautius led on behalf of the Emperor a force of four legions: the IX Hispana, the II Augusta under the future emperor Vespasian, the XIV Gemina, XX Valeria Victrix, and as well as numerous auxiliary troops.
Even before crossing Plautius needed the help of Claudius ' secretary Narcissus to suppress a mutiny of the legionaries who were afraid of the sea. After crossing Plautius landed in Kent. Thanks Celtic auxiliary troops, he succeeded in driving the Britons to flight, and thus to conquer Britain for the Roman Empire. When he reached the Thames, he called a halt, and sent for Claudius, who was advancing with reinforcements and elephants to the conquest of Camulodunum. Plautius became the first governor of the newly established province and returned 47 to Rome, where he received a ovatio, a form of triumph.
Swell
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