Popilius Pedo Apronianus (died 205) was a

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senator, who was active during the reign of

Septimius Severus Lucius Septimius Severus (; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary suc ...

. He was

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in the year 191 with Marcus Valerius Bradua Mauricus as his colleague. A member of the

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order, Apronianus has been identified as the grandson of

Gaius Popilius Carus Pedo Gaius Popilius Carus Pedo was a Roman senator who held several offices in the emperor's service during the second century. He was suffect consul in succession to Tiberius Licinius Cassius Cassianus as colleague of Sextus Cocceius Severianus Honor ...

, suffect consul in 147. Apronianus is known to have been

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ar governor of

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. While proconsul he was murdered on specious grounds: according to

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, Arponianus' nurse reported having a dream where he had been engarbed as emperor, and it was believed Apronianus had practiced magic to achieve this. Paul Leunissen dates his tenure as proconsul to either 204/205 or 205/206. Ségolène Demougin suggests Apronianus' fatal end was connected with the fall from power of

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, who was executed on 22 January 205; since proconsuls assumed their posts in the summer months, this would date his tenure to 204/205, and mean the

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Aelius Aglaus served as interim governor until a successor could arrive in the province.Ségolène Demougin
"Proconsuls d'Asie sous Septime Sévère, les gouverneurs de la province de 200 à 211"
''Bulletin de la Société Nationale des Antiquaires de France'', 1994 (1996), p. 329

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