Marcus Lollius (suffect consul)

Marcus Lollius perhaps with the cognomen Paulinus[1] (flourished second half of 1st century BC and first half of 1st century) was a Roman Senator who served as a consul.[2]

Family Background

Lollius was a member of the plebeian gens Lollia.[3][4] He was the son born to the Roman Politician and Military Officer Marcus Lollius[5] from his wife Valeria.[6] Valeria was one of the daughters of the literary patron, consul Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus and a sister to the Roman Senators Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus and Marcus Aurelius Cotta Maximus Messalinus.[7] Lollius was the namesake of his father and paternal grandfather. His possible brother may have been Publius Lollius Maximus or at least a close relation to his father.[8] Publius Lollius Maximus was a soldier who served under the first Roman emperor Augustus;[9] later becoming a friend of the Poet Horace;[10] who became a possible poet, historian and must have been offered a post in the Retinue of the future Roman emperor Tiberius in about 20 BC.[11]

Career

Little is known on the life of Lollius. Lollius served as a consul[12] perhaps as a suffect consul in 13.[13]

The Horrea Lolliana was either built by his father or Lollius himself.[14] It is known from the inscriptions refer to them and also, from their plan in the Severan Marble Plan of Rome.[15] It seems his family had long trade connections and his family’s name is found among the Italian merchants on the Greek island of Delos in the Hellenistic period.[16]

Wife and Issue

Lollius married a Roman noblewoman called Volusia Saturnina, a sister to the consul Lucius Volusius Saturninus.[17] and daughter of Quintus Volusius from his wife Claudia, a sister of praetor, Tiberius Claudius Nero.[18] As thus, she was a first cousin to Tiberius and his brother, Nero Claudius Drusus.[19]

Through Volusia, Lollius was the father of two daughters:[20][21]

References

  1. ↑ Marcus Lollius no. 5 article at ancient library
  2. ↑ Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, p.169
  3. ↑ Lollia Gens article at ancient library
  4. ↑ Marcus Lollius no. 5 article at ancient library
  5. ↑ Marcus Lollius’ article at Livius.org
  6. ↑ Genealogy of M. Lollius by D.C. O’Driscoll
  7. ↑ Genealogy of M. Lollius by D.C. O’Driscoll
  8. ↑ Harrison, Homage to Horace: A Bimillenary Celebration, p.290
  9. ↑ Harrison, Homage to Horace: A Bimillenary Celebration, p.290
  10. ↑ Highet, The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature, p.96
  11. ↑ Horace, Horace: Epistles Book I, p.136
  12. ↑ Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, p.169
  13. ↑ Barrett, Agrippina: Sex, Power and Politics in the Early Empire, p.276
  14. ↑ Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, p.164
  15. ↑ Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, p.164
  16. ↑ Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, p.164
  17. ↑ Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, p.169
  18. ↑ Romeins Imperium – Lucius Quintus Volusius Saturninus translated from Dutch to English
  19. ↑ After Actium: Two Caesars Are Not Enough: Chapter LXXXVII: The Trials of Livia Valeria
  20. ↑ Genealogy of M. Lollius by D.C. O’Driscoll
  21. ↑ Marcus Lollius’ article at Livius.org

Sources

  • Horace - Edited by O.A.W Dilke, Horace: Epistles Book I, Taylor & Francis
  • G. Highet, The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature, Oxford University Press, 1949
  • G. Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, CUP Archive, 1971
  • S.J. Harrison, Homage to Horace: A Bimillenary Celebration, Oxford University Press, 1995
  • A.A. Barrett, Agrippina: Sex, Power and Politics in the Early Empire (Google eBook), Routledge, 2002
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