07-06-2009, 05:12 PM
Quote:What about the case of Lucius Aelius Seianus, the notorious praefectus praetorio of emperor Tiberius. His father's name was Lucius Seius Strabo and ruled with his son as his collegue praefectus praetorio for a while. Seianus was adopted into the gens Aelia by Aelius Gallus.Nice example, Hans. I'm glad I resurrected this thread. So now we have Scipio Aemilianus and Aelius Sejanus. Wasn't it Sir Mortimer Wheeler who said that one brick creates a suspicion, two bricks create a hypothesis, and three bricks ... Now we need our third brick!
So, is this not an exemple of a name on -ianus from an adoption?