Lollianus Mavortius
Quintus Flavius Maesius Egnatius Lollianus signo Mavortius (fl. 330 – 356) was a politician of the Roman Empire.
In the 18th century an acephalous statue of Mavortius was discovered in Puteoli, then Pozzuoli (near Naples, Italy); after a restoration, this statue entered in the local folklore as "Saint Mamozio".
Life
A pagan,[1] he was Governor of Campania from 328 to 335, comes Orientis from 330 to 336, Proconsul of Africa from 334 to 337, Praefectus urbi of Rome in 342, Consul in 355 and Praetorian prefect of Italy for Constantius II between 355 and 356.
He encouraged the senatorial writer Julius Firmicus Maternus to write an astrological essay, the Matheseos libri VIII, that the author dedicated to Lollianus.
Notes
Bibliography
- Kenney, Edward John, The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, Cambridge University Press, 1983, ISBN 0-521-27371-4, p. 88.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Constantius II, Constantius Gallus |
Consul of the Roman Empire 355 with Arbitio |
Succeeded by Constantius II, Julian |
| Preceded by Aurelius Celsinus (I) |
Praefectus urbi of Rome April – July 342 |
Succeeded by Fabius Aconius Catullinus Philomathius |
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