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¤ ANTYLLUS (d. 30 B.C.) Son of Marc ANTONY and FULVIA; also called Marc Antony the
Younger. To unite more closely the family of Octavian with that of Antony, Antyl-lus was betrothed in
37 B.C. to Octavian's daughter JULIA (3) (according to Suetonius), but neither side had any intention of
allowing this marriage to happen. Designated as his father's heir, Antyllus had coins minted with both
their likenesses at the height of Antony's power. He was used as a messenger after the battle of ACTIUM
but was unsuccessful in halting Octavian's invasion of Egypt or the continuance of the war to its ultimate
end. After Marc Antony and Cleopatra killed themselves, Antyllus and Caesarion, Cleopatra's son by
Caesar, were executed.
¤ ANULLINUS, PUBLIUS CORNELIUS
(fl. late 2nd century A.D.) Proconsul of Africa. In 193,
Anullinus allied himself with SEVERUS, the commander of the Pannonian Legions who marched on
Rome and declared himself emperor. In 194, when PESCENNIUS NIGER opposed Severus in Africa
and Asia, Anullinus took command of the emperor's legions and inflicted a crushing defeat on Niger at
Issus. He later served in the PARTHIAN WAR for Severus and was made urban prefect in 196.
¤ APAMEA CIBOTUS City in Asia Minor, not officially part of the Roman senatorial province of Asia.
Apamea Cibotus (also Apamea and Maeandrum) was built by Seleucid ruler Antiochus I Soter on the
Meander River in the region of Phrygia, sometime in the 3rd century B.C., and later fell under Roman
dominance. Located in east-middle Asia Minor, Apamea became one of the leading economic cities of
the region and possessed a considerable amount of self-rule and a large population of Roman colonists.
See also CONVENTUS.
¤ APAMEA ORONTEM City built by Nicator on the site of ancient Pella. Located on the Orontes
River in a strong defensive position, Apamea fell under the provincial control of Rome and became a
leading city of the area. It was connected to Antioch, Seleucia and Emesa, along the route of the Orontes. In
the Early Empire, the city's population probably numbered
170,000. During the reign of Claudius, in 53
A.D., the entire city was devastated by an earthquake and was granted a five-year exemption from the
tribute paid to Rome.
¤ APER, ARRIUS
(d. 284 A.D.) One of the more corrupt of the prefects of the PRAETORIAN
GUARD, serving the Emperor Carus (282-283) and accompanying him on his initial Pannonian
Campaign and in 283, on his Persian Campaign, when Carus died. Some said that he was struck by