Aper
Ăper, pri, m.,
- a Roman cognomen, Tac. Or. 2; Lampr. Commod. 2; Inscr. Grut. 692, 8.
2. Aper, prī, m., ein röm. Beiname, unter dem bes. bekannt ist: M. Aper, ein geborener Gallier, der in Rom durch sein rednerisches Talent bis zur Quästur u. Prätur emporstieg, in Tac. dial. als Verteidiger der alten Redeweise eingeführt, Tac. dial. 2 sqq. Vgl. Ruperti Tac. Opp. T. I. p. LXXVII sq.
2 Ăpĕr, (11) prī, m. , nom dʼh. ; en particulier interlocuteur du Dialogue des Orateurs de Tacite.
Aper
(1) Marcus. A Roman orator of the first century A.D. He was a native of Gaul, but spent most of his life at Rome. He is one of the speakers in the Dialogus of Tacitus. He died A.D. 85.
(2) Arrius. A prefect of the Praetorian Guards under the emperor Carus, whom, while ill, he assassinated, pretending that the death had been caused by lightning. The motive of this deed was a desire to secure an election as emperor at the hands of the Guards, and the same ambition also led him to poison Numerianus, the successor of Carus. Falling under suspicion, after successfully accomplishing this crime, Aper was executed by order of Diocletian, whom the soldiery had made emperor. See Aurel. Vict. 38; Vopisc. Carus, 8; id. Numer. 12 foll.