Titus Aurelius Fulvus


Titus Aurelius Fulvus was the father of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. He served as a consul in 89. His father had also been a consul. He was a member of the gens Aurelia.

Biography

Titus Aurelius Fulvus was consul in 89 AD. This Fulvus has been described by Augustan History as a "stern and upright man". The younger Fulvus married Arria Fadilla, a daughter of the consul Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus and friend to the historian Pliny the Younger. Their only child was Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus Pius, who was born in Lanuvium on 19 September 86; who was raised by Fulivus' father-in-law after his early death. This son became the emperor Antoninus Pius.