Quintus Pompeius Sosius Falco
Quintus Pompeius Sosius Falco (flourished 190s) was a politician of the Roman Empire, a consul and Roman Senator.
Falco was the son of Quintus Pompeius Senecio Sosius Priscus. He married Sulpicia Agrippina, the sister of Sulpicius Justus and Pollio Sulpicius, a Senatorial family whose origins lay in Lycia.[1]
Falco was consul ordinarius in 193 with Gaius Julius Erucius Clarus Vibianus, both of whom Emperor Commodus planned to murder in order to usurp their offices, intending a procession as sole consul and primus palus secutorum from the barracks of the gladiators. Knowledge of this plan, according to Dio Cassius, led to Commodus' assassination.[2] Afterwards Sosius Falco was offered the Imperial throne by the Praetorian Guard, which he declined; however, he is known to have attempted a coup against Pertinax. Despite this, Pertinax spared his life.[3]
References
- ↑ Shelagh Jameson, "Two Lycian Families", Anatolian Studies, 16 (1966), p. 127
- ↑ Dio, 72.22.1-2
- ↑ Jameson, "Two Lycian Families", p. 128
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Preceded by Imp. Caesar L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus VII, and Publius Helvius Pertinax II |
Consul of the Roman Empire 193 with Gaius Julius Erucius Clarus Vibianus |
Succeeded by Quintus Tineius Sacerdos, and Publius Julius Scapula Priscus as suffect consuls |