Sabinillus

Sabinillus was a Roman politician and senator at the time of the imperial crisis of the 3rd century .

In 266 he was full consul with Emperor Gallienus . Porphyrios also counts a senator of this name in his Vita Plotini among the students of the Neo-Platonist Plotinus , who lived and taught in Rome until 270. He was one of its most philosophically gifted followers.

If the consul and the philosopher are the same person, a connection could be established between the careers of Sabinillus and Plotinus. His affiliation with the school of Plotinus then possibly helped Sabinillus to become consulate with Gallienus. The philosopher and his followers enjoyed a high reputation among the emperor. Conversely, however, it was also suspected that Sabinillus had become consul for other reasons and that Plotinus only gained popularity at court over the next few years.

literature

Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR) ² S 21.
Luc Brisson : Sabinillus. In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 6, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2016, ISBN 978-2-271-08989-2 , p. 89
Arnold Hugh Martin Jones , John Robert Martindale, John Morris : Sabinillus 1/2. In: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1971, ISBN 0-521-07233-6 , p. 791.

Remarks

↑ AE 1935, 149 ; CIL 06, 2819 .
↑ Porphyrios, Vita Plotini 7 ( English translation ).
^ Andreas Goltz, Udo Hartmann : Valerianus and Gallienus. In: Klaus-Peter Johne , Udo Hartmann (Ed.): The time of the soldiers' emperors. Crisis and transformation of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century AD (235–284). Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2008, pp. 223–296, here p. 273.

personal data
SURNAME	Sabinillus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	roman consul 266
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century

[1] AE 1935, 149 ; CIL 06, 2819 .

[2] Porphyrios, Vita Plotini 7 ( English translation ).

[3] Andreas Goltz, Udo Hartmann : Valerianus and Gallienus. In: Klaus-Peter Johne , Udo Hartmann (Ed.): The time of the soldiers' emperors. Crisis and transformation of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century AD (235–284). Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2008, pp. 223–296, here p. 273.