Lucius Antonius Saturninus

Infobox Military Person
name = Lucius Antonius Saturninus
lived = ??–89
placeofbirth = Unknown
placeofdeath = Mainz


caption =
allegiance = Roman Empire
serviceyears = 76–87
rank = General
unit =
commands = Legio XXI Rapax Legio XIV Gemina
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relations =
laterwork = Roman Consul in 82

Lucius Antonius Saturninus was Roman governor of Germania Superior during the reign of the Emperor Domitian. In the Spring of 89, motivated by a personal grudge against the Emperor, he led a rebellion known as the Revolt of Saturninus, involving the legions Legio XIV Gemina and Legio XXI Rapax, camped in "Moguntiacum" (Mainz).

His Germanic allies were prevented from joining him by a sudden thaw of the river Rhine, and the revolt was quickly put down by Domitian's general Aulus Bucius Lappius Maximus, who afterwards burned Saturninus' letters in an attempt to avoid implicating others. However, Domitian had numerous others executed with Saturninus, displaying their heads on the "rostra" at Rome. The Legio XXI was sent to Pannonia, and Domitian passed a law prohibiting two legions from sharing the same camp. [Suetonius, Life of Domitian [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Domitian*.html#6.2 6.2] , [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Domitian*.html#7.3 7.3] ; Dio Cassius, "Roman History" [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/67*.html#11 67.11] ; Aurelius Victor, "Epitome de Caesaribus" [http://www.roman-emperors.org/epitome.htm 11] ]

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* cite journal | last = Syme | first = Ronald | authorlink = Ronald Syme | title = Antonius Saturninus | format = subscription required | journal = The Journal of Roman Studies | volume = 68 | pages = pp. 147–157 | year = 1978 | page = pp. 12–21 | location = Wolfson College, Oxford | url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0075-4358%281978%2968%3C12%3AAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A | publisher = Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies