Tiberius Julius Pollienus Auspex (fl. 3rd century AD) was a

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who was appointed

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between AD 212 and 222.

Biography

Julius Pollienus Auspex, a member of the possibly Italian ''gens Polliena'', was probably the son of Pollienus Auspex, although some scholars have maintained that both men are the same individual. Some time between AD 212 and 222, Auspex was appointed the ''

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'' of the

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. He was also during this period appointed

''in absentia''.Mennen, pg. 118 Julius Pollienus Auspex may have been the adoptive father of Tiberius Pollienus Armenius Peregrinus, consul in AD 244.

Sources

* Mennen, Inge, ''Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'' (2011)

References

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Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown