Aulus Bucius Lappius Maximus

Aulus Bucius Lappius Maximus was a Roman senator who flourished during the Flavian dynasty; Brian W. Jones considers him one of Domitian's amici or advisors.[1] He held the consulate twice. He is primarily known through inscriptions.

The polyonymy of his name indicates an adoption; according to Olli Salomies, he was born a Lappius Maximus adopted by an Aulus Bucius. Salomies also notes that "all A. Lappii seem to have something to do with the senator".[2] Ronald Syme notes the gentilicum "'Lappius' is very rare."[3]

The career of Lappius Maximus included being proconsular governor of Bithynia et Pontus during 83/84[4] prior to being consul for the first time for the nundinium September–December 86 with Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus as his colleague.[5] Then he was consular legate of Germania Inferior during 87 to 89,[6] during which time he assisted in crushing the revolt of Lucius Antonius Saturninus in the adjacent province of Germania Superior. Afterwards he was immediately assigned to the consular legateship of Syria from 89 to 92,[7] before holding the fasces a second time for the nundinium May–August 95 with Publius Ducenius Verus as his colleague.[8]

Salomies writes that Lappia A.f. Tertulla, mentioned in a Roman inscription (CIL VI, 31106) "is probably this man's daughter".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jones, The Emperor Domitian (London: Routlege, 1993), p. 59
  2. 1 2 Salomies, Adoptive and polyonymous nomenclature in the Roman Empire (Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fenica, 1992), p. 95
  3. ↑ Syme, Tacitus (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1958), p. 647
  4. ↑ Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 307f
  5. ↑ Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for A. D. 70-96", Classical Quarterly, 31 (1981), pp. 190, 216
  6. ↑ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", p. 314
  7. ↑ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", pp. 316-319
  8. ↑ Gallivan, "The Fasti", pp. 192, 218
Political offices
Preceded by
Sextus Octavius Fronto,
and Tiberius Julius Candidus Marius Celsus
as Suffect consuls		 Suffect consul of the Roman Empire
86
with Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus		 Succeeded by
Domitian XIII,
and Lucius Volusius Saturninus
as Ordinary consuls
Preceded by
Lucius Neratius Marcellus,
and Titus Flavius Clemens
as Ordinary consuls		 Suffect consul of the Roman Empire
95
with Publius Ducenius Verus		 Succeeded by
Quintus Pomponius Rufus,
and Lucius Baebius Tullus
as Suffect consuls
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