Sextus Cocceius Severianus was a
Roman
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senator
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who flourished during the reign of
Antoninus Pius
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. An unpublished
military diploma
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attests that he was governor of
Roman Arabia
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on 12 August 145; Severianus was promoted to
suffect consul
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in 147, with first
Tiberius Licinius Cassius Cassianus then
Gaius Popilius Carus Pedo
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as his colleague. Between 161 and 163 he was
Proconsul
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In the Roman Republic, military ...
of
Africa
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.
He married Caesonia; their known children include a son, Sextus Cocceius Severianus;
Sextus Cocceius Vibianus (flourished c. 204), is a known grandson.
Anthony Wagner
Sir Anthony Richard Wagner (6 September 1908 – 5 May 1995) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He served as Garter Principal King of Arms before retiring to the post of Clarenceux King of Arms. He was one of ...
, ''Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical Interpretation of History'', London, Philmore, 1975. Rutgers Alex CS4.W33.
See also
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Cocceia gens
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References
2nd-century Romans
2nd-century Roman governors of Arabia Petraea
Roman legates
Roman governors of Arabia Petraea
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Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Severianus, Sextus
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