Sejanus

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Roman politician ancient Roman praetorian prefect

Sejanus was a powerful Roman prefect of the Praetorian Guard under Emperor Tiberius, notorious for his political ambition and eventual execution for treason.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lucius Aelius Sejanus 7
Sejanus canonical 6
Aelius Sejanus 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman politician ⓘ
ancient Roman ⓘ
praetorian prefect ⓘ
accusationBy Tiberius ⓘ
alternativeName Sejanus ⓘ
surface form: Aelius Sejanus

Sejanus ⓘ
surface form: Lucius Aelius Seianus
associatedWith Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ
Praetorian Guard ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ
birthPlace Vulci ⓘ
surface form: Volsinii
causeOfDeath execution ⓘ
charge treason ⓘ
citizenship Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Rome

Roman Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath Roman Empire ⓘ
culture Ancient Roman culture ⓘ
dateOfDeath 31 ⓘ
deathEvent fall of Sejanus ⓘ
deathPlace Rome ⓘ
employer Tiberius ⓘ
familyName Aelius ⓘ
father Lucius Seius Strabo ⓘ
fullName Sejanus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lucius Aelius Sejanus
givenName Lucius ⓘ
historicalPeriod Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Julio-Claudian era

early Roman Empire ⓘ
legalStatusAtDeath condemned criminal ⓘ
mentionedIn Annals by Tacitus ⓘ
De vita Caesarum ⓘ
surface form: Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars

works of Cassius Dio ⓘ
notableEvent concentration of Praetorian cohorts in a single camp near Rome ⓘ
reorganization of the Praetorian Guard ⓘ
notableFor control of the Praetorian Guard ⓘ
influence over Emperor Tiberius ⓘ
political ambition ⓘ
purges of Roman aristocrats ⓘ
officeEnd 31 ⓘ
officeStart as praetorian prefect, circa 14 ⓘ
gained sole command of Praetorian Guard in 15 ⓘ
opponent Agrippina the Elder ⓘ
Drusus Julius Caesar ⓘ
members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ
politicalFaction supporters of Tiberius ⓘ
positionHeld commander of the Praetorian Guard ⓘ
praetorian prefect ⓘ
posthumousConsequence damnatio memoriae ⓘ
relative Lucius Seius Strabo ⓘ
servedUnder Tiberius ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tiberius → associatedWith → Sejanus ⓘ
Julio-Claudian dynasty → notableFigure → Sejanus ⓘ
Agrippina the Elder → associatedWith → Sejanus ⓘ
Sejanus → fullName → Sejanus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucius Aelius Sejanus
Sejanus → alternativeName → Sejanus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aelius Sejanus
Sejanus → alternativeName → Sejanus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucius Aelius Seianus
Velleius Paterculus → praised → Sejanus ⓘ
Annals by Tacitus → includesEvent → Sejanus ⓘ
subject surface form: Annals
this entity surface form: conspiracy of Sejanus
Castra Praetoria → builtBy → Sejanus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucius Aelius Sejanus
Praetorian Prefect → hasNotableOfficeHolder → Sejanus ⓘ
Livilla → allegedPartnerInCrime → Sejanus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucius Aelius Sejanus
Lucius Seius Strabo → child → Sejanus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucius Aelius Sejanus
Lucius Seius Strabo → successor → Sejanus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucius Aelius Sejanus
Lucius Seius Strabo → associatedWith → Sejanus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucius Aelius Sejanus
Sejanus His Fall → mainCharacter → Sejanus ⓘ
Sejanus His Fall → historicalFigureDepicted → Sejanus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucius Aelius Sejanus