Quintus Volusius Flaccus Cornelianus

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Quintus Volusius Flaccus Cornelianus was a Roman Senator who lived during the 2nd century. He was ordinary consul in 174 as the colleague of .[1]

Little is known on his origins and life. Cornelianus was a member of the gens . He may have been a descendant of Quintus Volusius Saturninus, consul of 92.[2]

The name of Cornelianus is mentioned in a Roman papyrus written between 193 and 197.[3] The papyrus, written in Latin and Greek, contains a list of soldiers in some type of military unit, perhaps cavalrymen. It was probably later reused as an envelope for a letter or a small object.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt, 1977), p. 188
  2. ^ Jones, The Emperor Domitian, p. 176
  3. ^ a b Advanced Papyrological Information System, UM, P.Mich.inv. 3240; Recto

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Political offices
Preceded by
Gnaeus Claudius Severus II,
and Claudius Pompeianus II
as ordinary consuls 		Consul of the Roman Empire
174
with 		Succeeded by
,
and ignotus
as suffect consuls
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