Faltonius Restitutianus (died 252) was a ''vir egrerius'' or
eques
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* Equites, a member of the Roman Equestrian order
* the Latin word for a knight
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who held several senior-level posts in the
Roman Empire of the third century.
His career is known from a half-dozen inscriptions. Restitutianus first appears in an inscription recovered from
Amasya in modern Turkey, which attests that he was
procurator and ''
praeses'' in the province of
Pontus during the reign of
Severus Alexander. His next attested post was ''praeses'' or governor in
Mauretania Caesariensis
Mauretania Caesariensis (Latin for "Caesarean Mauretania") was a Roman province located in what is now Algeria in the Maghreb. The full name refers to its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae (modern Cherchell).
The province had been part of the Kingd ...
with Aurelius Felix as procurator. Then in an inscription dated to 244, now conserved at the
Capitoline Museums, Retitutianus appears as ''
Praefectus vigilum'', or
Prefect of the
Vigiles, with two other men,
Aelus Florianus and
Herennus Modestinus.
We have no evidence for his career during the brief reigns of the next two emperors,
Philip the Arab and
Decius. Restitutianus appears again as ''Praefectus Aegyptus'', or governor of
Roman Egypt
, conventional_long_name = Roman Egypt
, common_name = Egypt
, subdivision = Province
, nation = the Roman Empire
, era = Late antiquity
, capital = Alexandria
, title_leader = Praefectus Augustalis
, image_map = Roman E ...
, which post he held from 251 until his abrupt death. According to
Guido Bastianini, his assistant
Lissenius Proculus governed Egypt until a replacement could arrive from Rome.
[Bastianini]
a al 299p"">"Lista dei prefetti d'Egitto dal 30a al 299p"
'' Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'', 17 (1975), p. 313
He married and had a son,
Faltonius Pinianus.
Sources
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3rd-century Romans
3rd-century Roman governors of Egypt
252 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Roman governors of Mauretania Caesariensis
Roman governors of Egypt
Praefecti vigilum
Ancient Roman equites