Publius Cornelius Saecularis

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Publius Cornelius Saecularis (fl. mid-third century) was a

Roman politician who was appointed consul twice, first in around AD 240 and later in AD 260, during the Crisis of the Third Century
.

Biography

Saecularis was a

Consul suffectus around AD 240. He was later appointed the Proconsular governor of Africa around AD 254, during which time an inscription was erected in his honor at the city of Leptis Magna.[1]

From AD 258 – 260 he served as

Saint Lawrence to hand over all of the Church's wealth in Rome, and Lawrence's defiance is said to have led to his martyrdom.[3]

In AD 260, Saecularis was appointed

Gaius Iunius Donatus. He held office during the tumultuous period which saw the capture of the emperor Valerian in the east and the rebellion of Postumus in Gaul.[4]

He was probably the last member of the old republican

gens Cornelia
to receive a consulship.

Sources

  • Christol, Michel, Essai sur l'évolution des carrières sénatoriales dans la seconde moitié du IIIe siècle ap. J.C. (1986)
  • Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M,
    The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire
    , Vol. I AD 260–395, Cambridge University Press (1971)

References

  1. ^ Christol, pgs. 188-189; EDCS-06000678
  2. ^ Christol, pg. 188
  3. ^ Saint Ambrose, De officiis ministrorum, 2.28
  4. ^ Martindale & Jones, pg. 795
Political offices
Preceded by
Uncertain
 Consul suffectus of the Roman Empire
around 240
with uncertain 		Succeeded by
Uncertain
Preceded by
Aemilianus
Pomponius Bassus
Gaius Iunius Donatus
II 		Succeeded by
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