Pontius Proculus Pontianus

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Pontius Proculus Pontianus was a Roman politician and senator .

The consular Tiberius Pontius Pontianus, legate under Emperor Elagabal , was probably his father, or at least related. Family relationship was certainly to Junius Pontius Proculus , of the territory of the Macedonian city of Philippi - perhaps the home of Pontii Proculi - latifundia owned.

Pontius became full consul in the year of the sixth emperor. After that, Pontius praeses (governor) became superior to Germania . There, under his patronage, he restored the water pipe in the Öhringer West Fort at the end of 241.

literature

  • Karlheinz Dietz: Senatus contra principem. Investigations into the senatorial opposition to Emperor Maximinus Thrax . Beck, Munich 1980 ( Vestigia , Vol. 29), pp. 205f., ISBN 3-406-04799-8 .

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SURNAME Pontius Proculus Pontianus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pontius Pontianus; Proculus; Proclus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION roman consul 238
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century or 3rd century
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century