Tiberius Pollienus Armenius Peregrinus (fl. 3rd century AD) was a
Roman
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*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 ...
senator
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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 244.
Biography
Pollienus Armenius Peregrinus was probably the biological son of Lucius Armenius Peregrinus, who was appointed
Praetor
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in AD 213. At some point he was adopted either by
Pollienus Auspex or his son
Tiberius Julius Pollienus Auspex Tiberius Julius Pollienus Auspex (fl. 3rd century AD) was a Roman senator who was appointed suffect consul between AD 212 and 222.
Biography
Julius Pollienus Auspex, a member of the possibly Italian ''gens Polliena'', was probably the son of Pol ...
.
[Much depends on the dating of the career of the elder Pollienus Auspex, and his relationship with Julius Pollienus Auspex. See Mennen’s ''Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'' (2011), pgs. 116-118]
In AD 243, Armenius Peregrinus was the
Proconsul
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In the Roman Republic, military command, or ' ...
ar
governor
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of
Lycia et Pamphylia
Lycia et Pamphylia was the name of a province of the Roman empire, located in southern Anatolia. It was created by the emperor Vespasian (69–79), who merged Lycia and Pamphylia into a single administrative unit. In 43 AD, the emperor Claudius ...
. In the following year (244), he was appointed ''
consul prior'' alongside
Fulvius Aemilianus. It is speculated that at some point he may have been the proconsular governor of
Asia
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.
Armenius Peregrinus was married to the daughter of
Flavius Julius Latronianus, the ''
Praefectus urbi
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'' under
Gordian III
Gordian III ( la, Marcus Antonius Gordianus; 20 January 225 – February 244) was Roman emperor from 238 to 244. At the age of 13, he became the youngest sole emperor up to that point (until Valentinian II in 375). Gordian was the son of Anton ...
.
[Mennen, pg. 118]
Footnotes
References
Sources
* Mennen, Inge, ''Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'' (2011)
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3rd-century Romans
Armenius Peregrinus
Roman governors of Lycia et Pamphylia
Imperial Roman consuls
Roman governors of Asia
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown