Titus Sextius Lateranus was a

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active in the second century AD. He was ordinary consul in the year 154 as the colleague of

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. Lateranus is also known by a more full name, which has been restored in two different ways: Titus Sextius Lateranus M. Vibius Ovel ius?...Secundus L. Vol sius Torquatus?Vestinus,Mennen, ''Power and Status of the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'', p. 200 or Titus Sextius ... M. Vibius Qui tus?Secundus L. Vol sius Torquatus?Vestinus.''Biographischer Index der Antike'', p. 864 Lateranus was a member of the

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an gens Sextia. He was the son of

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, consul in 112, by his wife, a noblewoman from the gens Vibia. The ''

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'' for Lateranus can be reconstructed from an inscription from Rome. That this inscription attests he was a member of the ''

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'', the most prestigious of the four boards that comprised the ''

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'', and performed his duties as a

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for the Emperor indicates he became a member of the patrician order. His status also explains the absence of any office between quaestor and his consulate except for

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. At an unknown date he was a member of the '' sodales Hadrianales'', a priesthood dedicated to performing rituals honoring the deified emperor

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. He served as a

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of the

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in 168/169, considered the apex of a successful senatorial career. Lateranus was the father of Titus Sextius Magius Lateranus, ordinary consul in 197.Mennen, ''Power and Status''

References

Sources

* * J. Bennett, ''Trajan: Optimus Princeps: a Life and Times'', Routledge, 1997 * ''Biographischer Index der Antike'' (Google eBook), Walter de Gruyter, 2001 * I. Mennen, ''Power and Status of the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'', BRILL, 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sextius Lateranus, Titus 2nd-century Roman consuls Roman governors of Africa Lateranus, Titus Sextius Lateranus, Titus Vibii