Marcus Petronius Honoratus
Marcus Petronius Honoratus was a Roman eques who held a number of military and civilian positions during the reigns of the Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, which included praefectus annonae and praefectus or governor of Roman Egypt.
Life
His career is documented in an inscription found at Rome, which was erected by negotiatores ole[ari] ex Baetica, or oil merchants from
At this point Honoratus began his civilian career, probably after the beginning of the reign of Antoninus Pius. He became procurator monetae, or head of the imperial mint, which received an annual income of 100,000
Here Honoratus received a series of appointments to senior equestrian positions. D'Escurac agrees with
His presence as annonae praefectus therefore is placed before 147. He assumed this post as the immediate successor of Lucius Valerius Proculus, who held the office from 144 to 146; d'Escurac notes Petronius Honoratus was also the immediate successor of Proculus in Egypt.[3]
References
- ^ CIL VI, 1625b = ILS 1340. His career is also documented in an inscription found at Ostia Antica, CIL XIV, 184
- ^ d'Escurac, La préfecture de l'annone, service administratif impérial d'Auguste à Constantin (Rome: Ecole française de Rome, 1976), p. 343
- ^ a b d'Escurac, La préfecture de l'annone, p. 344
- ^ Guido Bastianini, "Lista dei prefetti d'Egitto dal 30a al 299p", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 17 (1975), pp. 290f
Further reading
- Hans-Georg Pflaum, Les carrières procuratoriennes équestres sous le Haut-Empire romain I-III (Paris, 1961), No. 117