Gaius Luccius Telesinus 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 lette ...

senator who was active during the first century CE. He was ordinary consul for the year 66 with Gaius Suetonius Paulinus as his colleague. In Philostratus' ''Life of Apollonius'', Telesinus had been depicted as a pious consul conversing with

Apollonius of Tyana Apollonius of Tyana ( grc, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς; c. 3 BC – c. 97 AD) was a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from the town of Tyana in the Roman province of Cappadocia in Anatolia. He is the subject of '' ...

. He allows Apollonius entry into Rome's temples, his residence there, and adoption of Apollonius' reforms by the temples. According to Philostratus, Telesinus continued to study philosophy under Apollonius.

Philostratus Philostratus or Lucius Flavius Philostratus (; grc-gre, Φιλόστρατος ; c. 170 – 247/250 AD), called "the Athenian", was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. His father was a minor sophist of the same name. He was born probab ...

, ''Life of Apollonius'', IV.43
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