Sextus Catius Clementinus Priscillianus (fl. 3rd century AD) was a

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

military officer and

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

who was appointed

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...

in AD 230.

Biography

Catius Clementinus was a member of the third century '' gens Catia'', and it has been speculated that he may have been the son of either

Publius Catius Sabinus Publius Catius Sabinus (fl. 3rd century AD) was a Roman military officer and senator who was appointed consul twice. Biography Catius Sabinus was a member of the third century '' gens Catia'', which has been speculated to have originated in either ...

(consul in AD 216), or a '' atius? Lepi'dus I'' ��', a suffect consul sometime during the early third century. Catius Clementinus’ early career is unknown, but in AD 230, he was made ''

consul ordinarius A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politic ...

'' alongside

Lucius Virius Agricola Lucius ( el, Λούκιος ''Loukios''; ett, Luvcie) is a male given name derived from ''Lucius'' (abbreviated ''L.''), one of the small group of common Latin forenames (''praenomina'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius derives from L ...

, which is attested by a military diploma. In the following year (AD 231), he was appointed '' Legatus Augusti pro praetore'' (or imperial governor) of

Germania Superior Germania Superior ("Upper Germania") was an imperial province of the Roman Empire. It comprised an area of today's western Switzerland, the French Jura and Alsace regions, and southwestern Germany. Important cities were Besançon ('' Vesontio' ...

, which is attested by an inscription. Probably from 236/237 until 238/239 he was governor of

Cappadocia Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Revo ...

, where he is attested by an inscription on a miliarium.Bernard Rémy,
Les carrières sénatoriales dans les provinces romaines d'Anatolie au Haut-Empire (31 av. J.-C. - 284 ap. J.-C.)
', (Istanbul: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 1989), p. 239 Catius Clementinus may have been the brother of Gaius Catius Clemens, suffect consul about AD 235 and

Lucius Catius Celer Lucius Catius Celer (fl. 3rd century AD) was a Roman military officer and senator who was appointed suffect consul around AD 241. Biography Catius Celer was a member of the third century '' gens Catia'', and it has been speculated that he may h ...

, suffect consul about AD 241.

Sources

* Mennen, Inge, ''Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'' (2011)

References

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