Egnatius Lucillus (died 268) was a

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senator.

Biography

Lucillus was a relative of the Roman emperor,

Gallienus Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empi ...

, who was appointed '' consul posterior'' in 265 alongside Valerianus Minor. Nothing else is recorded about his career. It is assumed that he was one of the relatives of Gallienus murdered at

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in 268, after the assassination of Gallienus. It has been speculated that Lucillus was son of

Egnatius Lucillianus Egnatius Lucillianus (c. 210 – aft. 244) was a Roman senator. Life It has been speculated that he was son of Lucius Egnatius Victor Lollianus and the father of Egnatius Lucillus; however, a relationship between the imperial ''gens Egnatia'' and ...

and the father of an Egnatius Lollianus, married to a Flavia, daughter of a Quintus Flavius and wife a Maesia, the parents, speculated by his name, of

Quintus Flavius Maesius Egnatius Lollianus Mavortius Quintus Flavius Maesius Egnatius Lollianus Mavortius ( 330–356) was a politician of the Roman Empire. In the 18th century an acephalous statue of Mavortius was discovered in Puteoli, then Pozzuoli (near Naples, Italy); after a restoration, thi ...

, and Egnatia Lolliana, wife of Rufius Caecina Postumianus. However, a familial relationship between the imperial members of the ''gens Egnatii'' and Egnatius Lucillianus has been described as "extremely doubtful".Mennen, pg. 101

Notes

Sources

* Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'', Vol. I 260–395 AD, Cambridge University Press (1971) * Mennen, Inge, ''Power and Status in the Roman Empire, 193–284 AD'' (2011) {{end 268 deaths 3rd-century Romans Lucillus Imperial Roman consuls Year of birth unknown