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Stroh, Wilfried (Munich) [German version] A. Living Latin: The Concept (CT) …

[German version] [1] M. Aurelius Valerius M. Herculius Roman emperor, 286-305 AD Roman emperor, AD 286-305 or 310; on 13 December 285 (?) proclaimed Caesar by Diocletianus and employed in the fight against the Bagaudae (Eutr. 9,22,1; Pan. Lat. 7,8,3); after proving himself he was proclaimed Augustus on 1 April (Chron. Min. I, p. 229 f.) or 1 May 286 (cf. [1. 22]). Diocletian received him as a brother in his family, with M. acquiring the epithet Herculius while Diocletian became Iovius ( Tetrarchy). As Augustus, M. continued military operations in the western part of the empire, e.g. he warded off an incursion of Burgundians, Alamanni, Chaibones and Herulians into Gallia (Pan. Lat. 10,5; 11,7,2) and led campaigns into the region to the right bank of the Rhine as well as against Frankish pirates (Pan. Lat. 11,7,2). However, Carausius had become emperor in 286 or 287 [2. 39-45] and ruled over Britain and parts of the Gaulish coast of the North Sea. His usurpation presented a proble…

Name of one of the oldest and most celebrated Roman patrician families; during the Roman Republic the largest and most extensive gens, giving its name to the tribus Cornelia. Its patrician branches probably stem from the Maluginenses, frequently attested in the 5th cent. BC (C. [I 57-58]); the sequence was probably as follows: in the 5th cent. the Cossi [I 20-22]; in the 4th cent. the Scipiones [I 65-85], Rufini [I 62] and Lentuli [I 31-56]; from the 3rd cent. the Dolabellae [I 23-29], Sullae [I 87-90], Blasiones [I 8-10], Cethegi [I 11-15] and Merulae [I 60-61]. Membership among the patrici…