Gaius Sabucius Maior Caecilianus was a
Roman senator
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who held a series of positions in the imperial service. His service was capped with the
suffect consulship in 186 with
Valerius Senecio
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as his colleague.
From the name of his grandson C. Sabucius Maior Plotinus Faustinus, who set up an inscription in his memory, it is clear his ''gentilicum'' is "Sabucius Maior". "Sabucius" is a rare
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''
nomen'' (Anthony Birley provides two other known individuals of that ''
gens
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''), suggesting his origins lay in Italy and not one of the provinces.
[Anthony R. Birley, ''The Fasti of Roman Britain'', (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981), p. 216]
An inscription recovered in Rome documents the ''
cursus honorum'' of Sabucius.
His earliest recorded offices were administrative posts following the
praetorship. Next was his service as a ''
juridicus'' in
Roman Britain c. 172–175, which was followed by the prefecture of the ''
aerarium militare'' c. 176–179. Birley dates his next offices, governorship of
Gallia Belgica to c. 180–183, and
proconsul of
Achaea
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to 184/185.
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References
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2nd-century Romans
Roman governors of Gallia Belgica
Roman governors of Achaia
Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome