Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus (consul 114)
Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus was a Roman senator active in the first quarter of the second century AD. He was suffect consul in the nundinium of September to December AD 114 with Marcus Messius Rusticus as his colleague.[1] Many of the inscriptions referring to Avitus used the shorter form of his name, Lucius Lollianus Avitus.[2] He is primarily known through inscriptions.
His family origins lie in Liguria.[3] Avitus is also known to have had at least one son, Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus.[4]
Only one office is known to be held by Avitus, proconsular governor of Asia in 128/129, which was considered the peak of a successful senatorial career.[5]
References
- ^ Werner Eck, G. Paci, and E. P. Serenelli, "Per una nuova edizione dei Fasti Potentini," Picus, 23 (2003), pp. 51-108)
- ^ Olli Salomies, Adoptive and polyonymous nomenclature in the Roman Empire, (Helsinski: Societas Scientiarum Fenica, 1992), p. 52 n. 76
- ^ Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 304
- ^ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, p. 323
- ^ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 13 (1983), pp. 165f