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Titus Statilius Maximus was a
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senator of the 2nd century AD. He was
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 the year 144 as the colleague of Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus. He is known entirely from inscriptions. Maximus was descended from a wealthy Syrian family;
Géza Alföldy Géza Alföldy (June 7, 1935 – November 6, 2011) was a Hungarian historian of ancient history. Life Géza Alföldy was born in Budapest. He studied at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Budapest from 1953 to 1958, where he i ...
has identified two of his relatives active in that province, one the patronage in ancient Rome, patron of Heliopolis (modern Baalbek), the other a prominent citizen of Beirut. He was the son of Titus Statilius Maximus Severus Hadrianus, consul in 115. It is possible Maximus was the father of Titus Statilius Severus, consul in 171. We are certain of two of the offices Maximus held as a senator, both after he stepped down from the consulate. Maximus is attested as ''curator aedium sacrarum'' in the year 146. For the period 157/158, he was proconsular governor of Asia (Roman province), Asia.''Der Neue Pauly'', Stuttgardiae 1999, T. 11, c. 923


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2nd-century Romans Imperial Roman consuls Roman governors of Asia Statilii, Maximus {{AncientRome-politician-stub