Julius Proculus (Greek: Ίούλιος Πρόκουλος) was a Roman senator from Asia Minor, likely descended from Roman settlers.[1] He was suffect consul around the year 156.[2] Géza Alföldy suggests he may be the father of Aulus Julius Pompilius Piso, suffect consul in 178 or 179;[3] Bernard Rémy amplifies this hypothesis, identifying Proculus' wife as Claudia Basilo, from Synnada.[1]
Rémy suggests Proculus may be the Julius Proculus massacred with his family by the emperor Commodus between 190 and 192.[1]
Proculus is known from two inscriptions. One is the inscription of Opramoas, which attests Proculus was governor of Lycia et Pamphylia in September 152; assuming he was the successor of Decimus Rupilius Severus, his tenure has been estimated to extend from 151 to 153.[4] The other is an inscription recovered from Ephesus that, although damaged, Alföldy has restored to attest Proculus had been a suffect consul.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Rémy, Les carrières sénatoriales dans les provinces romaines d'Anatolie au Haut-Empire (31 av. J.-C. - 284 ap. J.-C.) (Istanbul: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 1989), p. 305
- ^ a b Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), pp. 168f
- ^ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, p. 169
- ^ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, pp. 169, 257