Lucius Valerius Proculus
Lucius Valerius Proculus was a politician and military officer of the Roman Empire who lived in the 2nd century AD .
Life
Lucius Valerius Proculus was the son of Lucius Valerius and brother of Gaius Valerius Florinus and belonged to the knight class . Presumably he came from Malaca in the Roman province of Hispania Baetica in what is now southern Spain . The inhabitants of Malaca put an inscription of honor on both him and his wife Valeria Lucilla .
Initially, Proculus was prefect of the Cohors IV Thracum Syriaca in Syria under Emperor Hadrian and then acted as the military tribune of the legio VII Claudia stationed in Moesia . He then officiated as prefect of the fleet lying in Alexandria , where he also commanded the classis potamophylacia , which was responsible for the protection of navigation on the Nile . He also held several procuratorial posts, in which position he first administered the province of Alpes maritimae and there probably undertook a drafting of soldiers. Then he was successively procurator of the provinces of Hispania Baetica, Cappadocia , Asia and finally of three provinces combined.
After the year 136 AD Proculus held the office of the imperial finance secretary ( procurator a rationibus ) and was then responsible for the grain supply as praefectus annonae from about 142 to 144 AD . Finally he occupied the governorship in the imperial province of Egypt from about AD 144 to 147 . While several papyri from his tenure as Prefect of the Nile Country have been preserved, nothing is known about his further fate.
Striking and indicative of the continuity of a knightly career is that the career of Lucius Valerius Proculus was almost identical to that of his successor in office, Marcus Petronius Honoratus .
See also
literature
- Rudolf Hanslik : Valerius 320. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII A, 1, Stuttgart 1955, Col. 213 f.
- Werner Eck : Valerius [II 28]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7 , column 1111 f.
Remarks
- ↑ CIL 14, 2957
- ↑ CIL 2, 1971
- ↑ CIL 2, 1970
- ↑ Patrimonium and Fiscus, inaugural dissertation by Sabine Schmall, Bonn 2011 p. 449 (PDF).
- ↑ CIL 6, 1002
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gaius Valerius Eudaemon |
Prefect of the Roman Province of Egypt 144–147 |
Marcus Petronius Honoratus |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valerius Proculus, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Proculus, Lucius Valerius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician and military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century |