Marcus Lollius (son of consul)

Last updated

Marcus Lollius, perhaps with the cognomen Paulinus, [1] was a Roman Senator who was active in the second half of 1st century BC and first half of 1st century.

Contents

Due to a passage in Tacitus, [2] a number of scholars have argued that Lollius was a suffect consul, possibly even in AD 13. However, Ronald Syme pointed out that Lollius could never have been consul due to the disgrace of his father in 2 BC, which resulted in a prolonged antipathy towards him by Tiberius. "When requesting the Senate to honor Sulpicius Quirinius with a public funeral," Syme writes, "and recounting his merits and his loyalty, the Princeps was put in mind of the Rhodian years and could not suppress harsh words about Lollius." [3] Syme proposes an emendation that would make the passage refer to the elder Lollius, not this one. Providing a definite solution is the findings of Diana Gorostidi Pi, who completed the list of consuls for this year and showed there is no room for Lollius here. [4]

Family background

Lollius was a member of the plebeian gens Lollia. [5] He was the son of the Roman senator and Military Officer Marcus Lollius [6] and his wife Aurelia. [7] Ronald Syme identifies Aurelia as "a sister of the postulated and unattested Aurelius Cotta who adopted the younger son of Messalla Corvinus". [7] Lollius was the namesake of his father and paternal grandfather. Publius Lollius Maximus may have been his brother, or at least a close relation. [8]

Career

Little is known on the life of Lollius. The Horrea Lolliana was either built by his father or Lollius himself. [9] It is known from the inscriptions refer to them and also, from their plan in the Severan Marble Plan of Rome. [9] It seems his family had long trade connections and his family's name is found among the Italian merchants on the Greek island of Delos in the Hellenistic period. [9]

Wife and issue

Lollius married a Roman noblewoman called Volusia Saturnina, a daughter to the consul Lucius Volusius Saturninus and his wife Nonia Polla. [10] Her paternal grandmother was Claudia, aunt of the emperor Tiberius.

Through Volusia, Lollius was the father of two daughters: [6]

Related Research Articles

Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus was a Roman general, author, and patron of literature and art.

Paullus Aemilius Lepidus was a Roman senator.

Lollia Paulina Wife of Roman emperor Caligula

Lollia Paulina, also known as Lollia Paullina was a Roman empress for six months in 38 as the third wife and consort of the Roman emperor Caligula. Outside of her term as a Roman Empress, she was a noble Roman woman who lived in the Roman Empire of the 1st century.

Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus was a Roman senator who was elected consul for 3 BC.

Marcus Lollius perhaps with the cognomen Paulinus was a Roman politician, military officer and supporter of the first Roman emperor Augustus.

Decimus Valerius Asiaticus was a prominent Roman Senator of provincial origin. Asiaticus was twice consul: first in 35 as suffect consul with Aulus Gabinius Secundus as his colleague; second in 46 as ordinary consul with Marcus Junius Silanus as his colleague. He was the first man from Gaul to be admitted into the Roman Senate, as well as the first man from Gaul to attain the consulship.

Lucius Volusius Saturninus (consul 3) Roman senator and official (38/37 BC–56 AD)

Lucius Volusius Saturninus was a Roman senator who held several offices in the emperor's service. Saturninus attracted the attention of his contemporaries for his long life: he died at the age of 93, and having sired a son at the age of 62.

Marcus Plautius Silvanus was a Roman politician and general active during the Principate. He was consul in 2 BC as the colleague of the emperor Augustus.

Marcus Aurelius Cotta Maximus Messalinus was a Roman Senator who was a friend of the first two Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius.

Lucius Volusius Saturninus (consul 12 BC) Roman senator, proconsular governor of Africa and governor of Syria

Lucius Volusius Saturninus, also known as Lucius Volusius was a Roman Senator from a plebeian family. He was a cousin of emperor Tiberius.

Quintus Pedius Poplicola or Publicola was a Roman who came from a Roman senatorial family.

Marcus Livius Drusus Libo was an ancient Roman consul of the early Roman Empire. He was the son of Lucius Scribonius Libo by an unknown wife and adopted brother of Roman empress Livia. His natural paternal aunt was Scribonia, the second wife of Augustus, as a consequence of which he was a maternal first cousin of Julia Caesaris.

Lollia gens Ancient Roman family

The gens Lollia was a plebeian family at Rome. Members of the gens do not appear at Rome until the last century of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the consulship was Marcus Lollius, in 21 BC.

Gaius Memmius Regulus was a first-century Roman senator. He was ordinary consul in AD 63, with Lucius Verginius Rufus as his colleague.

Publius Lollius Maximus also known as Lollius Maximus and Maximus Lollius was a Roman soldier who lived in the 1st century BC who served under the first Roman emperor Augustus.

Sulpicia Praetextata was an ancient Roman noblewoman who lived in the Roman Empire in the 1st century.

Volusia Saturnina also known from her funeral inscription as Volusia Latina Saturnina was a Roman noble woman who lived in the Roman Empire in the second half of the 1st century BC and first half of the first century AD.

Lollia Saturnina (c.10-41) was a Roman noble woman who lived in the Roman Empire in the 1st century. She was the sister of the Roman empress Lollia Paulina and was a mistress of the Roman emperor Caligula.

Decimus Valerius Asiaticus was a Roman Senator who served as a Legatus of Gallia Belgica.

Marcus Lollius Paullinus Decimus Valerius Asiaticus Saturninus was a prominent Roman Senator who was a powerful figure in the second half of the 1st century and first half of the 2nd century. He is also known by the shorter form of his name, Decimus Valerius Asiaticus.

References

  1. ↑ Marcus Lollius no. 5 article at ancient library Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Annales , XII.1
  3. ↑ Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), p. 177
  4. ↑ Pi, "Sui consoli dell’anno 13 d.C.: Nuovi dati dai fasti consulares Tusculani", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , 189 (2014), pg 265–275
  5. ↑ Lollia Gens article at ancient library Archived 2013-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 Marcus Lollius’ article at Livius.org
  7. 1 2 Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, p. 178
  8. ↑ Harrison, Homage to Horace: A Bimillenary Celebration, p. 290
  9. 1 2 3 Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, p. 164
  10. ↑ Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, p. 56

Sources

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.