Gaius Caninius Rebilus (consul 12 BC) explained

Gaius Caninius Rebilus (died 12 BC) was a Roman Senator, who was appointed suffect consul in 12 BC with Lucius Volusius Saturninus as his colleague.^[1]

Biography

Caninius Rebilus was the son of Gaius Caninius Rebilus, suffect consul in 45 BC.^[2] A member of the Quindecimviri,^[3] he was listed for a suffect consulship in 11 BC.^[4] However, in 12 BC he was appointed suffect consul, replacing Valgius Rufus.^[5] He died while still serving in office.^[6] His son was probably Gaius Caninius Rebilus, the suffect consul of AD 37.

Sources

• Syme, Ronald, The Augustan Aristocracy (1986) Clarendon Press

Notes and References

1. [Attilio Degrassi]
2. Syme, pg. 56
3. Syme, pg. 48
4. Stern Gaius, Women, Children, and Senators on the Ara Pacis Augustae: A Study of Augustus' Vision of a New World Order in 13 BC. (2006), pg. 359
5. Syme, pgs. 55-56
6. Syme, pg. 153