Rich Romans

RICH ROMANS REPUBLIC ● ● The largest fortune recorded is that of P. Licinius CRASSUS (died 53 B.C.), 400,000,000 sesterces (according to Pliny, Naturalis Historia 33.134), though SULLA (died 78 B.C.) and POMPEY (died 48 B.C.) both certainly exceeded his worth. VERGIL the poet, who had been impoverished by the confiscations after Philippi (42/1 B.C.), had 10,000,000 sesterces on his death. EMPIRE: The Senatorial Order AMOUNT: NAME: Chronology: Reference: 400,000,000 Cnaeus Cornelius Lentulus died A.D. 25 . 300,000,000+ Lucius Volusius Saturninus died A.D. 56 Tacitus, Ann. 13. 30 300,000,000 Lucius Annaeus SENECA suicide, A.D. 65 Nero's minister 300,000,000 Vibius Crispus died A.D. 83/93 . 288,000,000 Largest fortune in Plutarch's time ca. end of I. cent. A.D. . 280,000,000 Emperor Tacitus ca. A.D. 275 debased money, however 200,000,000 C. Sallustius Passienus Crispus . . 110,000,000 M. Gavius Apicius died after A.D. 28 gourmet, cookbook author 100,000,000 L. Tarius Rufus died A. D. 14 friend of Augustus, a general 60,000,000 M. Aquillius Regulus died ca. A. D. 105 . 40,000,000+ Lollia Paulina died A. D. 49 Her father ruled Macedonia, A. D. 11-35 20,000,000 Galen ca. 160-180 the celebrated physician a moderate fortune, for the time 20,000,000 C. Plinius Secundus died A. D. 113 friend of Trajan, patron of Suetonius, author of Epistulae 5,000,000 M. Calpurnius Piso in A. D. 20 . 1,800,000 M. Hortensius Hortalus died after A. D. 16 son of the famous orator object of imperial benefaction EMPIRE: Imperial Freedmen AMOUNT: NAME: Chronology: Reference: 400,000,000 Narcissus died A. D. 54 ab epistulis to Claudius 300,000,000 Pallas died A. D. 62 a rationibus to Claudius 200,000,000+ Callistus died A. D. 52 a libellis to Claudius 200,000,000 Licinus died under Tiberius financial procurator to the treasury in Gallia Narbonensis EMPIRE: Other Freedmen AMOUNT: 60,000,000 NAME: C. Caecilius Isidorus Chronology: died 8 B. C. Reference: also left 4,116 slaves and 257,000 head of cattle (Pliny Natural History 33.135) EMPIRE: Provincial Notables AMOUNT: NAME: Chronology: Reference: 100,000,000 Ti. Claudius Hipparchus died after A. D. 81 Athenian. Grandfather of the multimillionaire Herodes Atticus 30,000,000 C. Stertinius Xenophon and his brother Claudian period a physician 4,000,000 Aemilia Pudentilla ca. A. D. 158/9 Oea, Tripolitania 4,000,000 C. Licinius Marinus Voconius Romanus ca. A. D. 100 Saguntum, Hispania Baetica 3,000,000 Herennius Rufinus 158/9 Oea, Tripolitania 2,000,000 Lucius Apuleius ca. 140-150 Madauros, Africa. Father of the novelist who wrote the Metamorphoses (Golden Ass)