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Publius Vigellius Saturninus
Llywrch: creating an article on a Roman Imperial senator; dedicated to my daughter Akasha
'''Publius Vigellius Saturninus''' was a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Roman senate|senator]], who was active during the reign of [[Marcus Aurelius]]. He is best known as the official who presided at the trial of the [[Scillitan Martyrs]], dated to 17 July 180.
His complete name is attested in inscriptions as '''Publius Vigellius Raius Plarius Saturninus Atilius Braduanus Caucidius Tertullus'''. His origins are not known for certain, although [[Géza Alföldy]] believed he came from the Greek-speaking part of the empire.<ref>Alföldy, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen'' (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 320</ref> Bernard Rémy claims that based on the elements in his name Saturninus is related to [[Herodes Atticus]].<ref name=Remy-311>Rémy, [http://ift.tt/2tvnQeT ''Les carrières sénatoriales dans les provinces romaines d'Anatolie au Haut-Empire (31 av. J.-C. - 284 ap. J.-C.) (Pont-Bithynie, Galatie, Cappadoce, Lycie-Pamphylie et Cilicie)''] (Istanbul: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 1989), p. 311</ref>
Only portions of the ''[[cursus honorum]]'' of Saturninus is known from various sources. His earliest recorded office, based on an inscription on a statue base found at [[Troesmis]] was as ''[[legatus]]'' or commander of [[Legio V Macedonica]].<ref></ref> It had been thought this brief inscription was evidence that he had been governor of [[Moesia Inferior]], but Alföldy has shown that it is more accurately interpreted as evidence for his command of the V Macedonica.<ref>Alföldy, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand'', pp. 365-367</ref> Both Rémy and Alföldy date his commission as extending from the year 159 to 162.<ref name=Remy-311/><ref>Alföldy, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand'', p. 299</ref> Another post he is attested as holding is governor of the imperial province of [[Lycia et Pamphylia]], which Rémy dated from 162 to 164.<ref name=Remy-311/> His [[Roman consul|suffect consul]] followed.
The latest office Saturninus is recorded as holding was one of the apices of a successful consular career, [[proconsul]]ar governor of [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]], which was in 180/181; since a senator was eligible for this office about 15 years after his consulate, his consulate can be estimated to have been around the year 165.<ref>Alföldy, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand'', p. 180</ref> It was during his tenure in Africa that he presided over the trial of the six African Christians known as the Scillitan Martyrs in [[Carthage]].<ref>An account of the trial is preserved in the ''Passio Sanctorum Scillitanorum'', translated by J. Stevenson and W.H. C. Frend, ''A New Eusebius: Documents illustrating the history of the Church to AD 337'' (London: SPCK, 1987), pp. 44f</ref>
His life after he stepped down from the governorship is unknown.
== References ==
[[Category:2nd-century Romans]]
[[Category:Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome]]
[[Category:Roman governors of Lycia et Pamphylia]]
[[Category:Roman governors of Africa]]
His complete name is attested in inscriptions as '''Publius Vigellius Raius Plarius Saturninus Atilius Braduanus Caucidius Tertullus'''. His origins are not known for certain, although [[Géza Alföldy]] believed he came from the Greek-speaking part of the empire.<ref>Alföldy, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen'' (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 320</ref> Bernard Rémy claims that based on the elements in his name Saturninus is related to [[Herodes Atticus]].<ref name=Remy-311>Rémy, [http://ift.tt/2tvnQeT ''Les carrières sénatoriales dans les provinces romaines d'Anatolie au Haut-Empire (31 av. J.-C. - 284 ap. J.-C.) (Pont-Bithynie, Galatie, Cappadoce, Lycie-Pamphylie et Cilicie)''] (Istanbul: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 1989), p. 311</ref>
Only portions of the ''[[cursus honorum]]'' of Saturninus is known from various sources. His earliest recorded office, based on an inscription on a statue base found at [[Troesmis]] was as ''[[legatus]]'' or commander of [[Legio V Macedonica]].<ref></ref> It had been thought this brief inscription was evidence that he had been governor of [[Moesia Inferior]], but Alföldy has shown that it is more accurately interpreted as evidence for his command of the V Macedonica.<ref>Alföldy, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand'', pp. 365-367</ref> Both Rémy and Alföldy date his commission as extending from the year 159 to 162.<ref name=Remy-311/><ref>Alföldy, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand'', p. 299</ref> Another post he is attested as holding is governor of the imperial province of [[Lycia et Pamphylia]], which Rémy dated from 162 to 164.<ref name=Remy-311/> His [[Roman consul|suffect consul]] followed.
The latest office Saturninus is recorded as holding was one of the apices of a successful consular career, [[proconsul]]ar governor of [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]], which was in 180/181; since a senator was eligible for this office about 15 years after his consulate, his consulate can be estimated to have been around the year 165.<ref>Alföldy, ''Konsulat und Senatorenstand'', p. 180</ref> It was during his tenure in Africa that he presided over the trial of the six African Christians known as the Scillitan Martyrs in [[Carthage]].<ref>An account of the trial is preserved in the ''Passio Sanctorum Scillitanorum'', translated by J. Stevenson and W.H. C. Frend, ''A New Eusebius: Documents illustrating the history of the Church to AD 337'' (London: SPCK, 1987), pp. 44f</ref>
His life after he stepped down from the governorship is unknown.
== References ==
[[Category:2nd-century Romans]]
[[Category:Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome]]
[[Category:Roman governors of Lycia et Pamphylia]]
[[Category:Roman governors of Africa]]
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