Egnatius Lucillianus (c. 210 – aft. 244) was a

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lett ...

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Life

It has been speculated that he was son of

Lucius Egnatius Victor Lollianus Lucius Egnatius Victor Lollianus (fl. 3rd century) was a Roman military officer and senator, who served as governor of a number of provinces of the Roman East, including Galatia, Achaea, Bithynia and Pontus, Pannonia Inferior, and Asia. He has bee ...

and the father of Egnatius Lucillus; however, a relationship between the imperial ''gens Egnatia'' and Egnatius Lucillianus has been described as very doubtful.Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'', Vol. I AD 260-395, Cambridge University Press (1971), pg. 518 He was the

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Britannia Inferior Britannia Inferior (Latin for "Lower Britain") was a new province carved out of Roman Britain probably around AD 197 during the reforms of Septimius Severus although the division may have occurred later, between 211 and 220, under Caracall ...

Eboracum Eboracum () was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town in northern Britain and a provincial capital. The site remained occupied after the decline of the Western Roman Empire and ultimate ...

, a province of

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, some time between 238 and 244. Little else is known of him although he seems to have been involved in the rebuilding and expansion of the fort at Durham along with his predecessor, Maecilius Fuscus. He also mentioned on a dedication at

Bremenium Bremenium is an ancient Roman fort ( castrum) located at Rochester, Northumberland, England. The fort is one of the defensive structures built along Dere Street, a Roman road running from York to Corbridge and onwards to Melrose. Sig ...

, today High Rochester.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucillianus, Egnatius Roman governors of Britain Ancient Romans in Britain Lucillianus 3rd-century Romans 210 births Year of birth uncertain 244 deaths