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[[Callinicus (Sophist)|Callinicus]] of [[Petra]] dedicated a work to Lupus, titled ”On Rhetorical Mannerism”.<ref>Jan Radicke, ”Imperial and Undated Authors: A. Biography”, (1999). pg. 323</ref> |
[[Callinicus (Sophist)|Callinicus]] of [[Petra]] dedicated a work to Lupus, titled ”On Rhetorical Mannerism”.<ref>Jan Radicke, ”Imperial and Undated Authors: A. Biography”, (1999). pg. 323</ref> |
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Following this, during the 260s, Lupus was appointed to the governorship of [[Syria (Roman province)|Syria Coele]], which, although nominally subject to Gallienus, placed him under the authority of [[Odaenathus]].<ref>Potter, pg. 271</ref> During 271–272, he was serving as governor of [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]], this time his allegiance shifted from [[Zenobia]] to the emperor [[Aurelian]].<ref>Potter, pgs. 270-271</ref> He was heavily involved in Aurelian’s restructure of Zenobian Syria following the emperor’s subjugation of the east.<ref>Potter, pg. 275</ref> During this time, he was also ” |
Following this, during the 260s, Lupus was appointed to the governorship of [[Syria (Roman province)|Syria Coele]], which, although nominally subject to Gallienus, placed him under the authority of [[Odaenathus]].<ref>Potter, pg. 271</ref> During 271–272, he was serving as governor of [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]], this time his allegiance shifted from [[Zenobia]] to the emperor [[Aurelian]].<ref>Potter, pgs. 270-271</ref> He was heavily involved in Aurelian’s restructure of Zenobian Syria following the emperor’s subjugation of the east.<ref>Potter, pg. 275</ref> During this time, he was also ” sacrarum cognition” of [[Egypt (Roman province)|Egypt]] and the east.<ref>Jones & Martindale, pg. 522</ref> This was followed by his appointment as [[pontifex]] [[Sol Invictus|dei solis]], one of the earliest appointments made by Aurelian to his new college of priests serving Sol Invictus.<ref>Watson, pg. 165</ref> |
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While in the east, he sided with [[Marcus Aurelius Probus|Probus]] after Probus was proclaimed emperor in 276.<ref>Watson, pg. 164</ref> As a reward, Lupus was then made consul for the second time in 278 alongside Probus. After his term in office, the emperor appointed him [[Praefectus urbi|Urban prefect]] of [[Rome]], a position he held from 278 to 280.<ref>Potter, pg. 275; Watson, pg. 164</ref> |
While in the east, he sided with [[Marcus Aurelius Probus|Probus]] after Probus was proclaimed emperor in 276.<ref>Watson, pg. 164</ref> As a reward, Lupus was then made consul for the second time in 278 alongside Probus. After his term in office, the emperor appointed him [[Praefectus urbi|Urban prefect]] of [[Rome]], a position he held from 278 to 280.<ref>Potter, pg. 275; Watson, pg. 164</ref> |
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3rd century Roman senator, governor and consul
Virius Lupus was a consul of the Roman Empire in 278.
Possibly the son of Lucius Virius Lupus Iulianus, consul in 232, Lupus had a sufficiently distinguished career for him to be consul suffectus sometime before 275.[1] After this, he was appointed Consularis of Caelimontium, one of the 14 regions of ancient Rome. He was also appointed curator of Laurentum.[2]
During the reign of the emperor Gallienus, Lupus was appointed the senatorial Praeses (governor) of Arabia Petraea (a position he held before 259).[3] During his term the rhetorician
Callinicus of Petra dedicated a work to Lupus, titled On Rhetorical Mannerism.[4]
Following this, during the 260s, Lupus was appointed to the governorship of Syria Coele, which, although nominally subject to Gallienus, placed him under the authority of Odaenathus.[5] During 271–272, he was serving as governor of Asia, this time his allegiance shifted from Zenobia to the emperor Aurelian.[6] He was heavily involved in Aurelian’s restructure of Zenobian Syria following the emperor’s subjugation of the east.[7] During this time, he was also iudex sacrarum cognition of Egypt and the east.[8] This was followed by his appointment as pontifex dei solis, one of the earliest appointments made by Aurelian to his new college of priests serving Sol Invictus.[9]
While in the east, he sided with Probus after Probus was proclaimed emperor in 276.[10] As a reward, Lupus was then made consul for the second time in 278 alongside Probus. After his term in office, the emperor appointed him Urban prefect of Rome, a position he held from 278 to 280.[11]
- Jones, A. H. M., Martindale, J. R., Morris, J., The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I (1971).
- Potter, David Stone, The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395 (2004).
- Watson, Alaric, Aurelian and the Third Century (1999).
- ^ Jones & Martindale, pg. 1046
- ^ Jones & Martindale, pg. 522
- ^ Lukas de Blois, The Policy of the Emperor Gallienus (1976), pg. 77
- ^ Jan Radicke, Imperial and Undated Authors: A. Biography, (1999). pg. 323
- ^ Potter, pg. 271
- ^ Potter, pgs. 270-271
- ^ Potter, pg. 275
- ^ Jones & Martindale, pg. 522
- ^ Watson, pg. 165
- ^ Watson, pg. 164
- ^ Potter, pg. 275; Watson, pg. 164
