Gaius Oppius Sabinus
Gaius Oppius Sabinus(died AD 85) was aRomanSenatorwho held at least one office in the emperor's service. He wasordinary consulin the year 84 as the colleague of emperorDomitian.[1]
Sabinus was probably the son or nephew ofSpurius Oppius,suffect consulin thenundiniumof October–December 43. Following his consulate, Oppius Sabinus acceded to governor of the imperial province ofMoesia.He served in this position for only a few months when an army ofDaciansunderDiurpaneuscrossed theDanubeand invaded the province. Sabinus was killed in the winter of 85/86 AD fighting the invaders.[2]
Administration of the province fell upon one of thelegionary legates,until the new governor,Marcus Cornelius Nigrinus,could arrive. Meanwhile the Dacians ravaged the province and burned a number of forts along the Danube.Domitian,accompanied by hispraetorian prefectCornelius Fuscus,quickly traveled to Moesia with reinforcements to drive the Dacians out of Roman territories; these were the opening moves ofDomitian's Dacian War.[3]
References[edit]
- ^Paul Gallivan,"The Fasti for A. D. 70-96",Classical Quarterly,31 (1981), pp. 190, 216
- ^Suetonius,The Twelve Caesars,"Domitian" 6,1.
- ^Brian W. Jones,The Emperor Domitian(London: Routledge, 1992), pp. 137f
Further reading[edit]
- Mócsy, András (1974)Pannonia and Upper Moesia,Routledge, 1974
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani(PIR) ²O 122