Lollianus (sometimes rendered in English as ''Lollian'') is a
Roman personal name which may refer to many figures of
classical antiquity
Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD centred on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ...
, including:
*Lollianus (
Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus, sometimes called Lollianus Spurius), a general proclaimed emperor by his soldiers in Gaul and very soon murdered; he is one of the
"Thirty Tyrants" whose lives are briefly sketched in the ''
Historia Augusta''. He is the most important of those sharing the name.
*
Lollianus Avitus,
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 throu ...
in 144 AD, reported by the ''Historia Augusta'' (''Pert.'' i.5) to have given
Pertinax
Publius Helvius Pertinax (; 1 August 126 – 28 March 193) was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193. He succeeded Commodus to become the first emperor during the tumultuous Year of the Five Emperors.
Born the son of a freed slav ...
his first career break.
*Q. Flavius Maesius Egnatius Lollianus,
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 throu ...
in 355 AD, who appears in the letters of
St. Athanasius
*Q. Hedius Rufus Lollianus Gentianus, son of Lollianus Avitus: according to the ''Historia Augusta'' (Pert. vii.7) he dared criticize Pertinax, and got away with it.
*The orator and philosopher
Publius Hordeonius Lollianus Publius Hordeonius Lollianus ( grc, Πόπλιος Ὁρδεώνιος Λολλιανός) (2nd century AD) was a celebrated Greek sophist in the time of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius.
Referred to as just ''Lollianus'', by Philostratus,Philostratus ...
.
*Lollianus Titianus, a man ordered to arm gladiators at
Capua
Capua ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain.
History
Ancient era
The name of Capua comes from the Etrus ...
in the last days of
Didius Julianus
Marcus Didius Julianus (; 29 January 133 or 137 – 2 June 193) was Roman emperor for nine weeks from March to June 193, during the Year of the Five Emperors. Julianus had a promising political career, governing several provinces, including Da ...
, according to the ''Historia Augusta'' (Did.Jul. viii.3).
*St. Lollianus, one of the
Seven Martyrs of Samosata, crucified with Saint Hipparchus and Philotheus, Abibus, James, Paregrus and Romanus by the emperor
Maximian in 297 AD for their refusal to participate in public worship of the Roman gods.
*The author of the ''
Phoinikika'' (''Phoenician Tales'').
*A man sentenced to death by the emperor
Valentinian I
Valentinian I ( la, Valentinianus; 32117 November 375), sometimes called Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375. Upon becoming emperor, he made his brother Valens his co-emperor, giving him rule of the eastern provinces. Val ...
, ostensibly for authoring a book on black magic.
External links
Historia Augusta biographical sketch of the pretender Lollianus
from Butler's Lives of the Saints
Ancient Roman prosopographical lists