Gens: APONIUS
Created: 3rd December 2007
Update:  12th December 2018
Status Republic: Patrician:     Pleb. Nobilis:       Senatorial:      Eques Romanus: X    Local magistrate:  
Republican Family / Cognomen
Patrician n/a
Pleb. Nobilis n/a
Senatorial n/a
Equestrian no cognomen
Local magistrat. n/a
Uncertain no cognomen
Imperial Family / Cognomen
Imperators n/a
Consular Saturninus
Senatorial Saturninus
Equestrian no cognomen
Equestrian (mil) Celer, Rogatianus,
Local magistrat. Chaereas
Uncertain no cognomen
Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors 0
Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars) 1 incl. 0 emperors
Notes: Could be mixed up with Apronius. 
Note A. Platorius Nepos Aponius Italicus Manilianus C. Licinius Pollio ( PIR2 P 449 ) cos suff 119, who also comes from Baetica.
Note C. Dillius Aponianus (cos suff c.72) leg leg III Gal under M. Aponius Saturninus, presumably a close kinsman.
Several Aponii also in Bithynia.
Literature Alexander: Trials (1990) p.154 (§314 trial de vi for murderof Clodius against M. Saufeius in 52 BC, prosecutor Cn. Aponius RE4)
Burnand: Primores Galliarum (2010) p.42-46 (§9E7 L. Aponius A934, gives an updated description of various scholars' views on his career)
Caballos Rufino: Senadores Hispanorromanos (1990) p.74-79 (§36 M. Aponius Saturninus)
Cavenaile: L'Armee d'Egypte (1970) p.225 (§254 L. Aponius, tr mil legio XXII Dei)
Crook: Consilium Principis (1955) p.151 (§27 L. Aponius, comes of Drusus)
Devijver, H.: " De Aegypto et Exercitu Romano (1975) p.28-29 (§8 L. Aponius A934)
Dobson: Primipilares (1955, 1978) p.169-170 (§8 L. Aponius, possibly a primus pilaris, but no evidence)
Fitz: Pannonien (1993-1995) p.93 (§29 L. Aponius A934)
Hinard: Proscriptions (1985) p.425-426 (§11 Q?. Aponius, exc 43 BC)
Jarrett: Municipal Aristocracies vol.1 (1958) p.134 (§24 Aponius Rogatianus)
Magie: Asia Minor (1950) p.1582 puts M. Aponius Saturninus' proconsulate of Asia to 70/73, the traditional date)
Milns, R.D.: "The Career of M. Aponius Saturninus", in Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, Bd.22, 1973, p.284-294, he argues that M. Apronius Saturninus' 
proconsulate in Asia was in c.62 AD. This has not generally been accepted by later scholars. He puts his praetorship c.38/40 (and thus makes
him identical to A936/A937) and suffect consulate in 48/50, and probably dead by 70 AD.
Pflaum: Narbonnaise (1978) p.195-196 (L. Aponius A934)
Rutledge: Imperial Inquisitions (2001) p.191-192 (§8 Aponius A932)
Scheid: Freres Arvales (1975) p.263-264, 280-281 (§49 M.Aponius Saturninus)
Scheid: Freres Arvales 69-304 (1990) p.16-21 (M. Aponius Saturninus)
Sijpesteijn, P.J.: "Aponii in Egypt", in ZPE Bd. 90 (1992), p.238-240
Stein: Moesien (1940) p.32 (M.Aponius Saturninus, governor 69)
Suolahti, Jaakko: Junior Officers (1955) p.344 (L. Aponius A934 , missing is Q. Aponius RE6)
Syme: Arval Brethren (1980) p.67-69 (M. Aponius Saturninus, Syme proposes a consulate c.55 AD, and procos Asia c.67/68)
Syme, Ronald: "Problems about Proconsuls of Asia", in ZPE Bd. 53, 1983), p.196-197 (also Roman Papers vol. IV, p.353-354)
Syme accepts 67/68 as year of procos of M. Aponius Saturninus and a consulate around 55.
Tortotiello: Fasti Consolari di Claudio (2004) p.464-466 (§8 M. Aponius Saturninus, cos suff 53/54 ?, procos Asia 67/68?)
Vogel-Weidemann: Statthalter (1982) p.468-470 (M. Aponius Saturninus, possibly cos suff 54 or 55 and possibly procos Asia 68/69, however uncertain)
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Curchin28
L. Aponius
aedil at Baelo in Baetica
100/50 BC or c.47/44 BC
RE6 Nic27 RE4 RE1
Q. Aponius Cn. Aponius Cn.f.  Aponius
eques Romanus accusor against M.Saufeius 52 exc 43 BC
Pompeian officer (trib mil ?) in Spain 46 BC proscribed
? = RE1 ? = RE6
REPUBLIC
IMPERIAL                                                      
A936 A937 RE2 RE8 RE8a A934 RE5 Dem202 PME-A150 Dobson8
M. Aponius Saturninus L. Aponius
had estates in Aegyptus 29-34 (A937 RE8a) trib. Pupinia from Baeterrae in Narbonensis
praetorius 41 eques Romanus, ? primus pilus,
tr mil legio VII in Illyricum, tr mil legio XXII Dei in Aegyptus,
praef equitum, praef castrorum, 
comes of Drusus (son of TIBERIUS) 14 AD
1st flamen Augusti at Baeterrae, 
praefectus pro II vir C. Caesar (Augustus' grandson) by 1 BC
~ (Cornelia) Tertulla, flaminica at Baeterrae
LP20-22 26-67  
A938 RE9 RE10 Rükpe681   A932 RE3
M. Aponius Saturninus filius Aponius 
from Baetica (Cordoba?) delator under Nero
cos suff 53 or 54 † 69 killed by mob
procos Asia 67/68? (or 73/74 ?)
leg Aug pro pr Moesia 69
triumphalis statua 69
frater arvalis 57-60 66 (promagister)
ILS-6969
Aponius L.f. Chaereas
trib. Papiria
augur and q at Narbo,
aedile at Narbo,
aedile, duumvir, flamen, and of augustalis of Sicilian
towns Syracus, Thermus, Himera, Panhormus
fl. c. 100/120
UNCERTAIN DATE                                                    
CIL-8-3038 PME-A151
C. Aponius Rogatus C. Aponius Memmius Celer   Aponia Gallitta
veteran at Lambaesis, Numidia tr mil legio I Italica in Moesia Inf,
inscription at Cibalae in Pann Inf,
2nd or 3rd century
? ~ Iulia Pia
 
PME-A152  
Aponius Rogatianus
possibly from Africa
praefectus in Brit 
3rd century