Quintus Antistius Adventus

Quintus Antistius Adventus Postumius Aquilinus was a Roman politician, Senator and military of the 2nd century.

Born about the middle of the 120 years Antistius was a homo novus and came from Thibilis in Numidia.

After Militärtribunat in the Legio I Minervia he began his senatorial career as quaestor in the province of Macedonia. Later he was tribune, legate in the province of Africa and praetor. As legate of Legio VI Ferrata, he worked in Syria Palestine, from 162 as legate of Legio II Adiutrix participants of the Parthian War, where he was highly decorated. Probably 165 to 167 was Antistius Adventus governor of Arabia Petraea, in this province a ceremony in Bosra is obtained for him and one for his wife in Jerash. On the first inscription Antistius is called consul designatus, on the second as consul, so that he might be held not exactly datable Suffektkonsulat in the absence; probably it falls to the year 167

Later Antistius served as curator operum locorumque publicorum for public construction in Rome. As a legatus Augusti at praetenturam Italiae et Alpium expeditione Germanica he should fend Germanic tribes in the north of Italy. From about 170 he was governor of the province of Germania Inferior, about 173 to 176 to the province Britannia. Antistius was also fetialis, probably since the time of his consulship.

Antistius was married to Novia Crispia and father of the consul of the year 181, Lucius Antistius Burrus.