Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus

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Publius Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus (c.31 - c.91), also known as Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus or Aelius Marullinus was a Spanish Roman Senator of Praetorian rank that lived during the Roman Empire in the 1st century.

Marullinus was born into the gens Aelia. He came from a well-established, wealthy and aristocratic family who were of Praetorian rank. The mother of Marullinus is unknown and his father was a Roman Senator called Publius Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus. He was the namesake of his father, paternal grandfather and great paternal grandfather.

The paternal ancestors of Marullinus had descended from Picenum (modern Marche and Abruzzo, Italy). His paternal ancestors were originally Centurions who participated in the Punic Wars and were possible supporters of the Roman General Scipio Africanus. About 205 BC, at the end of the Second Punic War, the paternal ancestors of Marullinus left Picenum and settled in Italica (near modern Seville, Spain) in the Roman Province of Hispania Baetica.

The paternal great-grandfather of Marullinus, Publius Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus was admitted into the Roman Senate and became a Roman Senator by Octavian (Roman Emperor Augustus) when he served as a member of the Second Triumvirate between 43 BC–33 BC. His paternal great-grandfather was the first person in his family to enter the Roman Senate and become a Roman Senator. His paternal great grandfather came into favor with Octavian, however the circumstances leading him to be admitted into the senate is unknown. However, his paternal great, grandfather was one of the few Romans that came from the provinces that Octavian throughout his life had admitted into the Senate.

Marullinus was born and raised in the grandeur city of Italica. Through his life, Marullinus spent various amount of his time in Rome. Marullinus married Spanish Roman noblewoman from Italica called Ulpia who was a sister to the Roman General and Senator Marcus Ulpius Traianus.

Ulpia and Marullinus had at least one child, a son called Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer, who would become a distinct soldier and politician. Hadrianus Afer would marry the Spanish Roman noble woman Domitia Paulina and would have two children: Their children were a daughter, Aelia Domitia Paulina (75-130) and a son, Roman Emperor Publius Aelius Hadrianus (76-138). Marullinus was a maternal great-grandfather of Hadrian’s niece Julia Serviana Paulina and a maternal great- great- grandfather to Julia’s son.

Marullinus had a reputation in practising Astrology and had predicted by the stars, that his grandson would rule as Roman Emperor. He was also a paternal uncle-in-marriage to Ulpia Marciana, the brother of Marciana Roman Emperor Trajan and a great maternal uncle-in-marriage to Trajan’s niece Salonina Matidia.

When Hadrian ruled as Roman Emperor, as a tribute to his birthplace and ancestry he created Hispania Baetica into a colony. Hadrian’s second adoptive son and successor Antoninus Pius, assumed the name Aelius Hadrianus, as a part of his name when he ruled as Emperor and sixth child born to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger was named Hadrianus. The prince Hadrianus (152-157) was named in honor of his grandson Hadrian and is a tribute to his family.

Nerva–Antonine family tree [edit]

  • (1) = 1st spouse
  • (2) = 2nd spouse (not shown)
  • (3) = 3rd spouse
  • SMALL CAPS = posthumously deified (Augusti, Augustae, or other)
  • dotted lines indicate adoption or (in the case of Hadrian and Antinous) alleged lovers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Marcia
 
 TRAJANUS PATER
 
 NERVA (r. 96–98)
 
 Ulpia
 
 Aelius Marullinus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 G. Salonius Matidius Patruinus
 
 MARCIANA
 
 TRAJAN, adoptive son (r. 98–117)
 
 PLOTINA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Aelius Afer
 
 Paulina Major
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Libo Rupilius Frugi (3)
 
 
 MATIDIA
 
 
 
 
 L. Vibius Sabinus (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rupilia Annia
 
 M. Annius Verus
 
 Rupilia Faustina
 
 SABINA
 
 HADRIAN, adoptive son (r. 117–138)
 
 ANTINOUS
 
 Paulina Minor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Domitia Lucilla
 
 M. Annius Verus
 
 M. Annius Libo
 
 FAUSTINA
 
 ANTONINUS PIUS, adoptive son (r. 138–161)
 
 Aelius, adoptive son
 
 Julia Paulina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cornificia
 
 MARCUS AURELIUS, adoptive son (r. 161–180)
 
 FAUSTINA Minor
 
 Aurelia Fadilla
 
 two infant sons
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Salinator
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 VERUS, adoptive son (r. 161–169)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fadilla
 
 Cornificia
 
 COMMODUS (r. 177–192)
 
 nine other children
 
 Lucilla
 
 
 

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