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2nd century Roman senator and consul

Lucius Antistius Burrus Adventus (c. 149–188 AD) was a Roman senator who lived in the 2nd century. He was one of the sons-in-law of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger.

Burrus originally came from a senatorial family from Thibilis, a town near Hippo Regius in the Africa Province. Although Burrus was born and raised in Thibilis, his family was not of very ancient lineage. He was the son of Quintus Antistius Adventus Aquilinus Postumus and Novia Crispina. His mother is known from an honorific inscription dedicated to her, dating from her husband's governorship of Arabia Petraea.

Quintus Antistius Adventus (born around mid-120s), during the rule of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, served as a successful military tribune, legatus, quaestor, public construction official and governor in various provinces throughout the Roman Empire.

Sometime before the death of Marcus Aurelius, Burrus married the Emperor's youngest daughter, Vibia Aurelia Sabina, after which they returned to and settled in Thibilis. When Marcus Aurelius died in 180, Aurelia Sabina's brother Commodus succeeded her father as Emperor. In 181, Burrus served as an ordinary consul.

In 188, Antistius Burrus was involved in a conspiracy against Commodus. When this conspiracy was uncovered, Antistius Burrus was put to death. His widow later remarried; it appears she had no children by Burrus.

Nerva–Antonine family tree

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Nerva–Antonine family tree

Q. Marcius Barea Soranus

Q. Marcius Barea Sura

Antonia Furnilla

M. Cocceius Nerva

Sergia Plautilla

P. Aelius Hadrianus

Titus
(r. 79–81)

Marcia Furnilla

Nerva
(r. 96–98)

Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus

Flavia

C. Salonius Matidius

Trajan
(r. 98–117)

P. Acilius Attianus

Lucius Mindius (2)

Libo Rupilius Frugi (3)

Salonia Matidia

L. Vibius Sabinus (1)

L. Julius Ursus Servianus

Hadrian (r. 117–138)

C. Fuscus Salinator I

Julia Serviana Paulina

M. Annius Verus

Rupilia Faustina

Boionia Procilla

Cn. Arrius Antoninus

L. Ceionius Commodus

Appia Severa

C. Fuscus Salinator II

L. Caesennius Paetus

Arria Antonina

Arria Fadilla

T. Aurelius Fulvus

L. Caesennius Antoninus

L. Commodus

unknown

C. Avidius Nigrinus

M. Annius Verus

Calvisia Domitia Lucilla

Fundania

Antoninus Pius
(r. 138–161)

L. Aelius Caesar

Marcus Aurelius
(r. 161–180)

C. Avidius Cassius

Aurelia Fadilla

Lucius Verus
(r. 161–169) (1)

Plautius Quintillus

Q. Servilius Pudens

Ceionia Plautia

Cornificia Minor

M. Petronius Sura

Commodus
(r. 177–192)

M. Annius Verus Caesar

Ti. Claudius Pompeianus (2)

M. Plautius Quintillus

Junius Licinius Balbus

Servilia Ceionia

Petronius Antoninus

L. Aurelius Agaclytus (2)

L. Antistius Burrus (1)

Plautius Quintillus

Plautia Servilla

C. Furius Sabinus Timesitheus

Antonia Gordiana

Junius Licinius Balbus?

Furia Sabina Tranquillina

Gordian III
(r. 238–244)

(1) = 1st spouse
(2) = 2nd spouse
(3) = 3rd spouse
Reddish-purple indicates emperor of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty lighter purple indicates designated imperial heir of said dynasty who never reigned grey indicates unsuccessful imperial aspirants bluish-purple indicates emperors of other dynasties
dashed lines indicate adoption; dotted lines indicate love affairs/unmarried relationships
Small Caps = posthumously deified (Augusti, Augustae, or other)

Notes:

Except where otherwise noted, the notes below indicate that an individual's parentage is as shown in the above family tree.

Sister of Trajan's father: Giacosa (1977), p. 7.
Giacosa (1977), p. 8.
^ Levick (2014), p. 161.
Husband of Ulpia Marciana: Levick (2014), p. 161.
^ Giacosa (1977), p. 7.
^ DIR contributor (Herbert W. Benario, 2000), "Hadrian".
^ Giacosa (1977), p. 9.
Husband of Salonia Matidia: Levick (2014), p. 161.
Smith (1870), "Julius Servianus".
Smith (1870), "Hadrian", pp. 319–322.
Lover of Hadrian: Lambert (1984), p. 99 and passim; deification: Lamber (1984), pp. 2–5, etc.
Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ Levick (2014), p. 163.
It is uncertain whether Rupilia Faustina was Frugi's daughter by Salonia Matidia or another woman.
^ Levick (2014), p. 162.
^ Levick (2014), p. 164.
Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10.
Wife of M. Annius Libo: Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ Giacosa (1977), p. 10.
The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA "Marcus Aurelius" 24.
Husband of Ceionia Fabia: Levick (2014), p. 164.
^ Levick (2014), p. 117.

References:

DIR contributors (2000). "De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families". Retrieved 2015-04-14.
Giacosa, Giorgio (1977). Women of the Caesars: Their Lives and Portraits on Coins. Translated by R. Ross Holloway. Milan: Edizioni Arte e Moneta. ISBN 0-8390-0193-2.
Lambert, Royston (1984). Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous. New York: Viking. ISBN 0-670-15708-2.
Levick, Barbara (2014). Faustina I and II: Imperial Women of the Golden Age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-537941-9.
Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

References

Anthony Birley, The Fasti of Roman Britain, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981), pp. 129-132

Sources

Albino Garzetti, From Tiberius to the Antonines: a history of the Roman Empire AD 14-192, 1974
Anthony R. Birley, The Roman Government of Britain, Oxford University Press, 2005
Anthony R. Birley, Marcus Aurelius, Routledge, 2000
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/4969/latin_literature.pdf?sequence=1
http://thecorner.wordpress.com/2006/06/21/chapter-two-septimius-and-the-cursus-honorum/

Political offices
Preceded byGaius Bruttius Praesens II Sextus Quintilius Condianus	Roman consul 181 with Commodus III	Succeeded byMarcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus Quintus Tineius Rufus