Appius Annius Atilius Bradua [1][2] (flourished 2nd century) was a Roman Senator that lived in the Roman Empire.
Annius Bradua was born and raised in an aristocratic family of consular rank and was a member of the gens Annia. He was a member of the venerable family of the Annii Regilli [3]. Regilli means 'Little Queen'[3].
His father was Appius Annius Trebonius Gallus. Annius Gallus was a distinguished Roman Senator and one of the serving consuls in the year 139 and his mother was a Roman aristocratic woman called Atilia Caucidia Tertulla [1][2]. The sibling of Annius Bradua, his sister Appia Annia Regilla Atilia Caucidia Tertulla, otherwise known as Aspasia Annia Regilla who married the prominent Greek Herodes Atticus [1][4].
The paternal grandparents of Annius Bradua was the Roman Senator Appius Annius Trebonius Gallus and his unnamed wife [4], while his maternal grandparents of Annius Bradua was the Roman Senator and Governor Marcus Appius Bradua and the aristocratic woman Caucidia Tertulla [1][5]. His mother’s brother was Marcus Atilius Metilius Bradua Caucidius Tertullus…Bassus [6][7]. His uncle served as a polyonymous Proconsul of the Africa Province under the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161) [7]. His grandfathers were both consular colleagues in the year 108 [4].
Through his paternal grandfather, Annius Bradua was related to the Roman Senator Marcus Annius Verus, who was a brother-in-law of Roman Emperor Hadrian and father of the Roman Empress Faustina the Elder, wife of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius [3]. Faustina the Elder was the mother of Roman Empress Faustina the Younger and aunt of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius [3].
In the year 160, Annius Bradua served as an ordinary consul [2][8]. In the year of Annius Bradua’s consulship, his sister who was eight months pregnant with her sixth child to her husband was kicked to death in the abdomen by a freedman of Herodes Atticus named Alcimedon. Annius Bradua brought charges in Rome against his brother-in-law, alleging that Herodes Atticus had been responsible for her death, then Antoninus Pius’ heir Marcus Aurelius had exonerated his old tutor.