Quintus Haterius Antoninus
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Quintus Haterius Antoninus or known as Antoninus was the only child to Domitia (aunt of Nero) and consul Decimus Haterius Agrippa.
His paternal grandfather was the influential orator and senator Quintus Haterius. His maternal grandparents were Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC) and Antonia Major. Antonia was a daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor, sister of Augustus.
Antoninus was a first cousin of Valeria Messalina, Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus, Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix and Nero and a second cousin to Caligula and Claudius. He was the only male descendant of Antony to carry a form of the name Antonius.
Antoninus was consul in 53. By 57-58, he had as a senator had squandered his inheritance through extravagances.
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- Tacitus - Annals of Imperial Rome.
Preceded by Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix and Lucius Salvius Otho Titianus |
Consul of the Roman Empire together with Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus 53 |
Succeeded by Marcus Acilius Aviola and Marcus Asinius Marcellus |