Pater Patriae

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Pater Patriae was an honorific title in ancient Rome meaning "Father of the Fatherland," bestowed by the Senate on emperors and other distinguished leaders as a mark of supreme civic honor.

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Label Occurrences
Pater Patriae canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin phrase ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ
appearsOn Roman coins ⓘ
imperial monuments ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
associatedWith Roman Republican tradition ⓘ
Roman imperial ideology ⓘ
category Roman honorifics ⓘ
Roman titles ⓘ
conferredBy Roman Senate ⓘ
conferredOn Roman emperors ⓘ
distinguished Roman leaders ⓘ
contrastsWith titles based on military victory alone ⓘ
denotes benefactor of the Roman people ⓘ
protector of the Roman state ⓘ
earliestFamousRecipient Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
Marcus Tullius Cicero ⓘ
linked to: Cicero
etymology pater (father) + patriae (of the fatherland) ⓘ
gender masculine title ⓘ
grantedBy senatorial decree ⓘ
grantedFor extraordinary service to the state ⓘ
saving the Republic or Empire ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
meaning Father of the Fatherland ⓘ
recipient Antoninus Pius ⓘ
Augustus ⓘ
Caligula ⓘ
Claudius ⓘ
Commodus ⓘ
Domitian ⓘ
Hadrian ⓘ
Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
Nero ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ
Vespasian ⓘ
relatedConcept Augustus (title) ⓘ
linked to: Augustus (claimed)

Imperator ⓘ
Princeps Senatus ⓘ
signifies paternal relationship to the Roman state ⓘ
supreme civic honor ⓘ
status one of the highest Roman civic honors ⓘ
symbolizes loyalty between ruler and citizens ⓘ
moral authority of the holder ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse Roman Empire ⓘ
late Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to: Late Roman Republic
usedIn ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Septimius Severus → title → Pater Patriae ⓘ
Commodus → title → Pater Patriae ⓘ
Nerva → title → Pater Patriae ⓘ
Antoninus Pius → honorificTitle → Pater Patriae ⓘ
Gordian III → title → Pater Patriae ⓘ
subject linked to: Emperor Gordian III
Cosimo de' Medici → honorificTitle → Pater Patriae ⓘ
Caracalla → title → Pater Patriae ⓘ
Severus Alexander → title → Pater Patriae ⓘ
Numerian → title → Pater Patriae ⓘ
Philip the Arab → honorific → Pater Patriae ⓘ
Gallienus → title → Pater Patriae ⓘ