Titus Flavius ​​Constans

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Weihaltar of Titus Flavius ​​Constans in the Roman-Germanic Museum Cologne.

Titus Flavius ​​Constans was a Roman politician and officer from the state of the Equites (equester ordo) in the 2nd century .

Under Hadrian , Titus Flavius ​​Constans was knightly procurator of the province of Dacia Inferior , today's Romania ( Transylvania ).

In 165 he held the office of prefect of the Praetorian Guard under Marcus Aurelius . This made him one of the most powerful men in the Roman Empire after the emperor. In this capacity he donated an altar to the Germanic goddess Vagdavercustis in Cologne , on which he himself is depicted in sacred sacrificial clothing ( cinctus Gabinus ) performing an act of sacrifice. Mark Aurel presumably commissioned the prefect with a special mission and sent him to Germania . It is possible that he was also a citizen of the Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium at this time .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inventory No. 670.
  2. ↑ CIL 13, 12057 ; Hartmut Galsterer , Brigitte Galsterer: The Roman stone inscriptions from Cologne . Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne 1975, No. 146.
  3. ↑ Eck 2004, p. 350ff.

literature

  • Werner Eck : Cologne in Roman times. History of a city under the Roman Empire . Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-7743-0357-6 . P. 350ff. (History of the city of Cologne in 13 volumes. Volume 1).
  • Wolfgang Spickermann : Religion in the Germanic provinces of Rome. Tübingen 2001, p. 273.

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personal data
SURNAME Flavius ​​Constans, Titus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Constants, Titus Flavius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman prefect
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: 2nd century