Lucius Volusius Maecianus
Lucius Volusius Maecianus was a high-class Roman jurist of the 2nd century AD. He was a student of Publius Salvius Iulianus and Marcus Vindius Verus and one of the most important jurists from the equestrian order ( equester ordo ) .
As consiliarius ("advisor") of the committee consilium principis , he advised the emperor on legal issues and legal correspondence. In this capacity he served the emperors Antoninus Pius , Mark Aurel and Lucius Verus . He was also the author of legal works.
For Volusius Maecianus, numerous functions of the knightly official career are also occupied: he held the military posts of a praefectus fabrum and the prefect of the Cohors I Aelia Classica . At the court of Antoninus Pius he was secretary a libellis , a studiis and responsible for the libraries. He was also prefect of transport (praefectus vehiculorum) and the grain supply of Rome (praefectus annonae) and from 160 to 162 Praefectus Aegypti . He was then accepted into the senatorial rank and held the function of praefectus aerarii since 164 . Around the year 166 he got to the suffect consulate .
literature
- Tomasz Giaro : Volusius [II 1]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/2, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01487-8 , Sp. 323.
- Detlef Liebs : Court lawyers from the Roman emperors to Justinian , Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, Munich 2010, CH Beck, ISBN 978-3-7696-1654-5 , Mäcian .
- Detlef Liebs: L. Volusius Maecianus. In: Klaus Sallmann (ed.): The literature of upheaval. From Roman to Christian literature, AD 117 to 284 (= Handbook of Ancient Latin Literature , Volume 4). CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-39020-X , pp. 130-133
Remarks
- ^ Wolfgang Kunkel , Martin Schermaier : Roman legal history. § 7 Jurisprudence and Legal Law . 13th edition, Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2001, ISBN 978-3-8252-2225-3 , pp. 144-146
- ↑ CIL 14, 5347 and CIL 14,5348
- ↑ AE 1955, 179 with the career of being honored as patron of Ostia antica .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Titus Furius Victorinus |
Prefect of the Roman Province of Egypt 161 |
Marcus Annius Syriacus |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Volusius Maecianus, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maecianus, Lucius Volusius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman jurist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century or 3rd century |