Pomponius Januarianus

Pomponius Januarianus (fl. 3rd century) was a Roman senator who was appointed consul in AD 288.

Biography

Originally a member of the Equestrian order, Januarianus served as the Praefectus Aegypti from 282 to 284 under the emperor Numerian.[1] He transferred his loyalty to the incoming emperor Diocletian, who rewarded him with advancement into high office.[2] Sometime between 284 and 289, Januarianus was adlected into the Roman senate, and served as Praetorian prefect to Diocletian at some point.[3]

In 288 Januarianus was granted the office of consul posterior as the colleague of the emperor Maximian. Either during his time as consul or immediately after his replacement by a suffect consul, he was appointed the Praefectus Urbi of Rome, a position he held from 27 February 288 until sometime in AD 289.[4]

Sources
  • Barnes, Timothy David, Constantine and Eusebius (1981)
  • Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I AD 260-395, Cambridge University Press (1971)

References
  1. Guido Bastianini, "Lista dei prefetti d'Egitto dal 30a al 299p", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 17 (1975), p. 318
  2. Barnes, p. 5
  3. Martindale & Jones, p. 453; Barnes, p. 287 n. 27
  4. Martindale & Jones, p. 453
Political offices
Preceded by
Celerinus		 Prefectus of Aegyptus
283-284		 Succeeded by
Marcus Aurelius Diogenes
Preceded by
Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus III,
and Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus		 Consul of the Roman Empire
288
with Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus II		 Succeeded by
Marcus Magrius Bassus, and
Lucius Ragonius Quintianus
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