Marcus Lollius

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Marcus Lollius († 2 AD) was a Roman politician at the time of Augustus .

The young Lollius - if he can be identified with "Markus" mentioned in an episode in Appian - was born in 43 BC. Proscribed by the triumvirs and fought on the side of the Caesar murderers in the Battle of Philippi . According to Appian, he then fell into slavery temporarily and, after his pardon, joined Octavian (later Augustus).

25 BC As governor ( legatus Augusti pro praetore) , Lollius took over the responsible task of establishing the previously independent Galatia as a Roman province . 21 BC He was the first of his family ( homo novus ) to become consul , at first without a colleague, because Augustus did not take over the office intended for him. In his year in office, Lollius restored the Tiber bridge Pons Fabricius together with Quintus Aemilius Lepidus, who was also elected consul . In the following years he fought against the Thracian Besser in the Balkans , perhaps as governor of Macedonia . Probably 17 BC Lollius took over the office of governor of Gallia comata (the part of Gaul conquered by Caesar ). When three Germanic tribes crossed the Rhine, Lollius advanced against them, but suffered a defeat that was henceforth associated with his name ( clades Lolliana ) .

In the following years Lollius appears to have withdrawn from public life, but left 1 BC. BC as a companion of Gaius Caesar , an adopted son of Augustus, in the east of the empire. There it came to a conflict between the two, allegedly due to the greedy behavior of Lollius, who died shortly afterwards, presumably by suicide .

Lollius was a typical representative of the ruling class newly risen under Augustus, who achieved political influence and personal wealth in the upheavals that Ronald Syme described as the Roman revolution . He was a member of the Quindecimviri priesthood and took part in the secular celebrations in 17 BC. Part. Horace dedicated the ode 4, 9 to him. Velleius Paterculus , who, like Lollius, took part in Gaius Caesar's journey to the Orient, painted a very negative picture of him.

His son of the same name was the father of Lollia Paulina , who was temporarily married to the emperor Caligula .

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  1. ↑ Appian, civil wars 4.49 reports of the changeful fates of a "Marcus" and a "Barbula". Recently, Patrick Tansey, Q. Aemilius Lepidus (Barbula?), Cos. 21 BC , in: Historia , Vol. 57 (2008), pp. 174-207, took up an assumption from the 19th century and identified the two people with Marcus Lollius and Quintus Aemilius Lepidus .
  2. ↑ CIL 6, 1305 .
  3. ↑ CIL 6, 32323 .
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SURNAME Lollius, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician, consul 21 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2