Pomponius Januarianus (fl. 3rd century) was an aristocrat who held a number of imperial appointments, most notably

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throu ...

in AD 288.

Biography

Originally a member of the

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, Januarianus served as the ''

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 ...

Aegypti'' from 282 to 284 under the

emperor An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...

Numerian. He transferred his loyalty to the incoming emperor Diocletian, who rewarded him with advancement into high office. Sometime between 284 and 289, Januarianus was adlected into the

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, and served as Praetorian prefect to Diocletian at some point. In 288 Januarianus was granted the office of '' consul posterior'' as the colleague of the

Maximian. Either during his time as consul or immediately after his replacement by a suffect consul, he was appointed the ''

Praefectus Urbi The ''praefectus urbanus'', also called ''praefectus urbi'' or urban prefect in English, was prefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople. The office originated under the Roman kings, continued during the Republic and Empire, an ...

'' of

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, a position he held from 27 February 288 until sometime in AD 289.

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