Virius Lupus

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Virius Lupus was a 3rd century Roman politician and senator .

Virius Lupus was probably a son or grandson of the consul of 232, Lucius Virius Lupus Iulianus . His official career is handed down through two inscriptions. Accordingly, he was consularis sacrae urbis regionis II , curator Laurentum Lavinatium (a priesthood), suffect consul in an unknown year, then consularis regionis II Caelemontium . He was also the governor of the province of Arabia and Syria Coele , iudex sacrarum cognitionum per Egyptum et per Orientem and under Emperor Aurelian or later pontifex Dei Solis (priest of the sun god). The individual questions of dating his career, however, are controversial.

In addition to the consulate in 278, together with Emperor Probus , his city ​​prefecture is secured for the years 278 to 280. The PLRE dated the suffect consulate to the time before 275, the two governorships to the time before 278. Michel Christol tries the Lieutenancy of Arabia and the suffect consulate in the period between 256 and 259, the Syrian Lieutenancy in the second half of the reign of Emperor Gallienus . In 274 he became pontiff of Sol , and under Aurelian he was appointed judge for Egypt and the East. Michael Peachin dates this to the reign of Emperor Probus.

Peter Jacob dates the governorship in Syria with the title praeses to the late 260s, possibly also the early 270s. With regard to the office of judge, he suspects that the mission of Lupus was the reorganization of the provinces after the suppression of the Palmyrenean Empire . From this point of view, he dates the activity as iudex for the Orient (to which Palmyra itself belonged) to 273, that for Egypt as 274. In dating the priesthood of Sol he agrees with Christol (274) and sees the incorporation into the for Aurelian the most important state cult as a reward for a successful exercise of legal offices, especially since he is the earliest member of the college of solemn priests.

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literature

  • John R. Martindale: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire . Volume I, Cambridge 1971, Virius Lupus 5 , p. 522.
  • Michel Christol : Essai sur l'évolution des carrières sénatoriales dans la seconde moitié du III e s. ap. J.-C. , Paris 1986, pp. 263-270.
  • Peter Jacob: Aurelian's reforms in politics and legal development. V & R unipress, Göttingen 2004, p. 93 and p. 104 f.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Michael Peachin: Iudex vice Caesaris. Deputy emperors and the administration of justice during the principate , Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 1996.
personal data
SURNAME Virius Lupus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lupus, Virius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul
DATE OF BIRTH before 275
DATE OF DEATH after 280