Flavius Antiochianus
Flavius Antiochianus(flourished 3rd century) was a prominent Roman politician during the reigns of theemperorsGallienus,Claudius Gothicus,QuintillusandAurelian,in the period referred to as theCrisis of the Third Centuryin theRoman Empire.
Life
[edit]Flavius Antiochianus was from a family ofGreekdescent fromAntioch,Syria.The identity of his mother is unknown; however, his father was theFlavius Antiochianuswho served as aprefectof acohortinGermania Superiorin 211, and subsequently inMauretania Caesariensis,returning toRometo serve as apraetorian prefectin 221 under the emperorElagabalus.
The younger Antiochianus married a prominent and wealthy noblewoman,Pomponia Ummidia,sister of theSenatorPomponius Bassus.She was ofItalianandPontian Greekancestry and a descendant of the formerNerva–Antonine dynasty.
Following their marriage, they lived at her large estate inPisidia.Inscriptions have been found there with Antiochianus and Pomponia Ummidia named as the owners. It is unknown whether they had any children.
Sometime in 268–270, in the reign of Claudius Gothicus, Antiochianus served as asuffect consul[1]and as apraefectus urbi.In 270 under Aurelian, he served a second ordinary consulship with the Emperor, and as a Praefectus urbi between 271-272 and then again 274. There is a possibility that during his second consulship, Antiochianus may have been responsible for the construction of theBalineum Antiochiani,one of the ancient baths (thermae) in Rome.
References
[edit]- ^Jones, A. H. M.; Martindale, J. R.; Morris, J,The Prosopography of the later Roman Empire, Vol. I, AD 260-395(1971), pg. 70
Sources
[edit]- Lawrence Richardson,A new topographical dictionary of ancient Rome,(JHU Press, 1992)
- Alaric Watson,Aurelian the third century,(Routledge, 1999)
- Garrett G. Fagan,Bathing in Public in the Roman World(University of Michigan Press, 2002)
- William M. Ramsay,The Cities and Bishoprics of Phyrgia: Being an Essay of the Local History of Phrygia from the Earliest Times to the Turkish ConquestVol. I, Part 1 (reprint, 2004)