Titus Aius Sanctus was a

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'' eques'', who held several important imperial appointments then was later promoted to

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rank. Sanctus was

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around 185. Paul Leunissen suggests that Sanctus came from the Italian Peninsula, speculating Sanctus was from

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speculates that Sanctus was Commodus' teacher of rhetoric, whom the '' Historia Augusta'' calls ''Ateus'' or ''Attius Sanctus''. An inscription on a ''

cippus A (plural: ''cippi''; "pointed pole") is a low, round or rectangular pedestal set up by the Ancient Romans for purposes such as a milestone or a boundary post. They were also used for somewhat differing purposes by the Etruscans and Carthaginians ...

'' found at Rome provides the later portion of his ''

cursus honorum The ''cursus honorum'' (; , or more colloquially 'ladder of offices') was the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire. It was designed for men of senatorial rank. The '' ...

''. The first attested appointment Sanctus held was ''

ab epistulis Graecis ''Ab epistulis'' was the chancellor's office in the Roman Empire with responsibility for the emperor's correspondence. The office sent ''mandata'' (instructions) to provincial governors and other officials. ''Ab epistulis'' wrote in Latin (''ab ep ...

'' or secretary of his Greek language correspondence; according to Millar this post formed part of the immediate entourage of the emperor. This was followed by an appointment as ''procurator rationis privatae'', which was followed by promotion to ''

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'', the top post in the imperial secretariat. Sanctus was then appointed ''

praefectus ''Praefectus'', often with a further qualification, was the formal title of many, fairly low to high-ranking, military or civil officials in the Roman Empire, whose authority was not embodied in their person (as it was with elected Magistrates) but ...

'' or governor of Roman Egypt; Giudo Bastiani dates his tenure from 179 to 180. At some point after he returned from Egypt, Sanctus was adlected ''inter praetores'' by the emperor Commodus into the Senate. He is next attested as '' praefectus aerari'', which was followed by his ascension to the consulate. Aius Sanctus was appointed to ''procurator alimentorum'', which Leunissen dates to around 185/186; it is unclear whether he held this appointment before or after his consulate, although most men Leunissen lists in this appointment held it afterwards.Leunissen, ''Konsuln und Konsulare'', p. 319

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