- Quintus Pompeius Falco
Quintus Pompeius Falco was a Roman politician of the early
2nd century .His complete name was Quintus Roscius Coelius Murena Silius Decianus Vibullius Pius Iulius Eurycles Herculanus Pompeius Falco. Pompeius Falco was governor of Moesia Inferior between
116 and117 . He governed "Britannia" between118 and122 and hosted a visit to the province by the EmperorHadrian in the last year.It was in
122 that Hadrian decreed numerous reforms in Britannia and also ordered the construction ofHadrian's Wall . Before this, in118 ,Pompeius suppressed a rising thought to have involved theBrigantes and Selgovae,Brythonic tribes of northern Britannia and southern Caledonia, although it may have resulted from foreign invasion.An inscription from
Jarrow and commemorative coins issued in119 attest to his supposed success although a reference by the oratorFronto to many soldiers being killed in Britannia under Hadrian's rule has been suggested as indicating that the victory was hard-won. Fronto may have been referring to a different conflict at another time however.Falco was a suffect consul in the year 108. His family supplied many politicians of consular rank throughout the 2nd century. He was also related to consuls Julius Frontinus and P. Coelius Balbinus Vibullus Pius and possibly to later emperor
Balbinus .sequence
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