Gens:

ARADIUS

Created:

9th December 2007

Update:

21st August 2020

Status Republic:

Patrician:

Pleb. Nobilis:

Senatorial:

Eques Romanus:

Local magistrate:

Republican Family / Cognomen

Patrician

n/a

Pleb. Nobilis

n/a

Senatorial

n/a

Equestrian

n/a

Local magistrat.

n/a

Uncertain

n/a

Imperial Family / Cognomen

Imperators

n/a

Consular

Paternus, Proculus, Rufinus

Senatorial

Saturninus, Tiberianus

Equestrian

n/a

Equestrian (mil)

n/a

Local magistrat.

n/a

Uncertain

n/a

Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors

n/a

Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars)

plus 4 or 5 more outside period scope excl. the Valerii

Notes:

stemma is very uncertain. Scholars disagree on dating of career of Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus, either period of Septimius Severus or Severus Alexander.

Furcilia Optata T(iberiana) is the wife of an Aradius Paternus, a father of RE3 and RE1a (as Settipani prefers) or the Aradius Paternus, leg Cappadocia in 231.

Literature

Arnheim: Senatorial Aristocracy (1972) p.52-54, 157 (various Aradii)

Beschaouch, A.: "Une hypothèse sur la date du vice-proconsulat en Afrique de Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus", in S. Panciera (ed.), Epigrafia e ordine

senatorio, Tituli 4, Roma 1982, p. 471 sqq (NOT AVAILABLE TO ME) (dates RE3 as vice procos Africa to 217 and his cos suff to ca. 15 years before;

this eaelier dating is not followed in stemma below)

Birley: Roman Government of Britain (2005) p.353-354 ([---]r[---]ius Rufinus, governor Brit Sup under Caracalla or Severus Alexander; he could be A. Triarius

Rufinus, cos ord 210, or Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus or L. Prosius Rufinus , legatus of Thracia in 222)

Bond, Sarah Emily: "Ob Merita: The epigraphic rise and fall of the civic patrona in Roman North Africa", thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007

She discusses the African women of the Aradii or members by marriage: p.64 Furcilia Optata, p.66 Calpurnia Ceia Aemiliana, p.66 Aradia Roscia

Champlin, Edward: "Serenus Sammonicus", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 85 (1981), p.199-205 discusses the Aradii and the difficulty of making a stemma.

Chastagnol: Fastes de la Préfecture de Rome (1962) p.41, 59-63 (§14, §22, §24 Aradius Rufinus, PUR 304-305, 312 and 312-313), p.96-102, 134 (§40, §56 L. Aradius Valerius

Proculus Populonius PUR 337-338, 351-352), p.196-198 (§78 Aradius Rufinus, PUR 376), p.209-210 (§87 Valerius Severus, PUR 382),

p.229-230 (§91 Valerius Pinianus, PUR 385-387), stemma p.295

Christol: Carrieres Senatoriales (1986) p.139-142 (§4 Q. Aradius Rufinus, governor Syria Coele 267)

Christol, Michel: "A propos des Aradii: Le stemma d'une famille senatoriale au IIIe siècle ap. J.-C." in ZPE, Bd.28, 1978, p.145-150, with revised stemma

on p.150 (argues that Iunia Aiacia Modesta was the granddaughter of Q. Aiacius Modestus Crescentianus, not the daughter)

Corbier: Aerarium (1974) p.319-324 (§66 Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus, praef aerar Saturn), p.458 (§XXXIV ditto, praef aerar milit)

Corbier, M. "Les familles clarissimes d’Afrique proconsulaire (Ier–IIIe siècle)", Tituli 5, Roma 1982, p. 685-754 [NOT AVAILABLE TO ME]

Craven: Imperial Families of Ancient Rome (2020) p.248-250 makes Saturninus, cos ord 264, a L. Aradius Saturninus, son of A1013. No evidence for this.

Dietz: Senatus (1980) p.81-85 (§V Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus)

Gilliam: Syria Coele (1958) p.240 (§26 Aradius Rufinus, governor, unknown date)

Hächler: Kontinuität und Wandel (2019) p.279-283 (§30 Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus), p.651 (§III L. Aradius Roscius Rufinus Saturninus Tiberianus, A1013)

Jones, Martindale and Morris PLRE vol.I (1971) stemma 30 of the Valerii and Aradii

Leunissen: Konsuln (1989) p.168-169, 181, 218-219, 263-264, 282, 286, 321, 323, 346, 363, 383 (Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus, followes Beschaouch in his dating),

p.181, 235, 364 (P. Aradius Paternus),

Okon, Danuta: "Stemma der Aradii", in Eos 92, 2005, p.153–155. [NOT AVAILABLE TO ME]

Panciera, Silvio: "Ancora sulla famiglia senatoria ‘africana’degli Aradii", in L’Africa romana, 4, 2, Sassari 1987, pp. 547-572, stemma p.571-572 (he prefers

RE1 and RE2 to be descendants of Ti. Aradius (Saturninus?) due to the use of cognomen Saturninus). He doubts that Proculus, son of cos 340, is the same man as

Proculus, procos Africa 340).

PIR2 letter R (1999) p.95 stemma

Remy: Carrieres Senatoriales Anatolie (1989) p.166-167 (§128 Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus, governor of Galatia 224/5-226/7),

p.238 (§186 P.? Aradius Paternus, governor Cappadoca 231)

Remy, Bernard: "La carrière de Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus", in Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, Bd. 25, 1976, p.458-477 with stemma on p.477

Rüpke: Fasti Sacerdotum (2008) p.543 (§706 Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus, suggests he was the son of Q. Aiacius Modestus Crescentianus, cos II ord 228)

Scheid, John and Cecere, Maria Grazia Granino: "Les Sacerdoces Publics Equestres", in Demougin, Devijver and Raepsaet-Charlier: L'Ordre Equestre (1999)

p.127,144 (§16 L. Aradius etc A1016, local curio)

Settipani: Continuite Gentilice (2000) p.230-238 lists the evidences and proposes a stemma, which I partially follow below.

Sherk: Galatia, governors AD 112-285 (1979) p.173 (§124 Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus, governor c.224)

Takmer, Burak: "Havza’dan Yeni Bir Miltaşı Üzerinde Aradii Soyundan Yeni Bir Galatia Valisi: C. Aradius Rufinus", in "Vir Doctus Anatolicus, Studies in Memory of

Sencer Sahin", Istanbul 2016, p.828-856 (a milestone documents a new legate of Galatia under Maximinus Thrax: C. Aradius Rufinus. Probably the successor

of M. Domitius Valerianus)

Thebert, Yvon: "La romanisation d'une cité indigène d'Afrique : Bulla Regia", in MEFRA tome 85, 1973. pp. 289-290 lists the 8 Aradii mentioned on inscriptions.

Thomasson: Fasti Africani (1996) p.94-95 (§133 Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus, vice-procos)

Thomasson: SPQR (1975) p.15-16 (Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus)

Young, Alexis Mary: "The Roman North African Macella", thesis MacMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1993, p.35, 134-136 (discusses three of the Aradii mentioned

on inscriptions at Bulla Regia: L. Aradius Roscius Rufinus [----], possibly = A1013, Ti. Arad[ius--], possibly his father and Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus

(cos suff 228))

Changes

2013.12.28 Header restructured plus updates.

2020.08.06 New header, much expanded reference list plus many updates

2020.08.21 removed Beschaouch et alia "Les ruines de Bu1la Regia", Added article by Thebert and thesis by Young.

REPUBLIC

IMPERIAL

(Aradius)

? ~ (Roscia Aeliana)

Aradius Paternus

~ Furcilia Optata T(iberiana)

or married to RE1a, leg of 231

notable from Bulla Regia

dt of Furcilius Censor Augur

in Africa Proconsularis,

LP14-62? 28-45 33-88 33-111 39-149

LP29-42 Okon93

RE3

A1016 A1017Rüpke706 Okon95+96 Bar47

Okon100

PIR addenda RE1a AE1989-731

cf Takmer article

R153 Okon881

Q. Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus

Ti. Aradius [Saturninus?]

(P.?) Aradius Paternus

C. Aradius Rufinus

[...]r[...]ius Rufinus

from Bulla Regia

clar vir

cos suff ante 231

leg Aug pr pr Galatia

cos suff under Septimius Severus

cooptatus sodalis Augustalis Claudialis 219

CIL X 6439 = VI 1695

leg Aug praeses Cappadocia 231

under Maximinus Thrax

leg Aug pr pr Brit (Sup?)

leg leg VII, praef aer milit c.218-222?

? ~ (Roscia)

AE1964-5

235/238

? an Aradius Rufinus

praef aer Satur c.222-225?

~ Furcilia Optata T(iberiana)

? = RE3

leg Aug pr pr Galatia c.224/5-226/7

dt of Furcilius Censor Augur

leg Aug pr pr Syria Phoenice, cos suff 228

notable of Bulla Regia

leg Aug pr pr Syria Coele c.229/230,

agens vice-procos Africa c.238 /239

AE1971-490

~ Calpurnia Fidiana Ceia Aemiliana, clar fem,

clar fem, patron of Thibica

? = Iulia Memmia Calpurnia Aemiliana Fidiana,

dt of C. Memmius Fidus Iulius Albus, cos

LP33-88 Bar1442

PIR-addenda

R143

A1013a PLRE anonym126

Okon97

REa

Okon94 CIL VI-31948

S215 PLRE-2

Q. Aradius Rufinus

L. Aradius Roscius Rufinus

P. Aradius Paternus

Furcilia Optata T[iberia]

(L. Aradius ??) Saturninus

leg Syria Coele 267?

clar vir, inscription Bulla Regia,

Rufinianus Aelianus [Iu?]n(ior)

cos ord 264

murdered Septimius Odaenathus

? = L. Aradius Roscius Rufinus

clar puer

?? = Saturninus S214,

(cos suff 257/258) of Palmyra in 267

Saturninus Tiberianus

usurpator sub Gallienus

~ Iunia Aiacia Modesta, A471, ?grd-dt of

probably fictitious

Q. Aiacius Modestus Crescentianus,

cos II ord 228

RE4

A1014

A1013

RE1

Rüpke704 Okon98 Bar1970

RE2 Okon99

Q. Aradius Rufinus

L. Aradius Roscius Rufinus Saturninus Tiberianus

P. Aradius Roscius Rufinus Saturninus Tiberianus

cos suff 285/290 PUR 304-305

clar vir, III vir stlit iudic,

clar vir, CIL VIII 14470

cos ord bis 311

sevir equestrium turmarum,

AE1995-412

PUR 312+312-313

q cand (aged 36), augur, curio,

or son of Lucius A1013 or son of RER1a

~ (Valeria), sister? of

patron Priverna,

~ Septimia Severa

Valerius Maximus Basilius

? = his presumed father Okon97

PUR 319-321 cos 327

RE6

PLRE Proculus11 Rüpke707

RE5 PLRE12

PLRE3

A1018

RE7 RE Roscius29

L. Aradius Valerius Proculus signo Populonius

Q. Aradius Rufinus Valerius Proculus

Proculus

(Aradia) Ros(cia) [….]

pr Tutelaris, leg pr pr Numidia, peraequator census Gallaeciae,

signo Populonius

procos Africa 319

Calpurnia Purgilla

praeses Byzacenae, consularis Europa et Thracia, consularis Sicilia,

clar vir, praeses Byzacenae 321

or uncle

clar puella,

comes ordinis secundi, comes ordinis primi, procos Africa,

patron of Chullu, Thaenae, Zama Regia,

patron Bulla Regia,

PP Africa 319 comes II ordinis primi intra Palatium c.333/7

Hadrumentum, CivitasFaustianensis and of ? Middidi

PUR 337-338 cos ord 340 PUR 351-352 patron Puteoli,

augur, pont, XV vir sf, pont Flavialis, sodalis Flavialis

RE10

PLRE11 Rüpke705

RE Proculus13 PLRE4

Aradius Rufinus

(Aradius Valerius) Proculus

clar vir, comes Orientes 363-364

? = procos Africa 340

PUR 376

XV vir sf from the 350s, pagan,

† by 401/402

RE Severus32 PLRE29

RE Pinianus1 PLRE1

daughters

Valerius Severus

(Valerius) Pinianus Severus

PUR 382

PUR 385-7

envoy 395/396

RE Pinianus2 PLRE2

PLRE2-2

Valerius Pinianus

(Valerius) Severus

vir clar, * c.380

ment by Symmachus

priest aged 24 in 405

† 431 or 432

~ (Valeria) Melania, PLRE2,

dt of Valerius Publicola PUR 374

RE408a

V aleria Sebera Laeontia

clar fem,

dt of a Valerius Severus

~ Refrigerius, clar vir

Refrigerius

clar puer

UNCERTAIN DATE