This is a list of known governors of the Roman province of Cappadocia. It was created in AD 17 as an imperial consular province by the Emperor Tiberius, following the death of king Archelaus. The Pontic and Armenian territories were split off by Diocletian during his reorganization of the empire during the 290s, and the province was reduced to the region of Cappadocia proper. In the late 330s, the eastern half of the province was split off to form the provinces of Armenia Prima and Armenia Secunda. In 371, emperor Valens split off the south-western region around Tyana, which became Cappadocia Secunda under a praeses, while the remainder became Cappadocia Prima under a consularis. In the period 535-553, under emperor Justinian I, Cappadocia Prima and Secunda were reunited under a proconsul, and eventually this province became the themata of Anatolikon and Armeniakon sometime during the seventh century. Many of the dates listed are approximate dates the office was held.
Julio-Claudian dynasty edit
- Quintus Veranius—c. AD 18
- Iulius Paelignus[1]—51-52
- Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo[1]—55-61
- Lucius Caesennius Paetus—61-62
- Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo[1]—63/64-65/66
Flavian dynasty edit
- ? Marcus Ulpius Trajanus[2]—70/71-72/73
- Gnaeus Pompeius Collega—73/74-76/77
- Marcus Hirrius Fronto Neratius Pansa—77/78-79/80
- Aulus Caesennius Gallus—80/81-82/83
- ? Publius Valerius Patruinus—83/84-85/86
- Tiberius Julius Candidus Marius Celsus—89/90-91/92
- Lucius Antistius Rusticus—92/93-93/94
- Lucius Caesennius Sospes—93/94
- Titus Pomponius Bassus—94/95-99/100
- Quintus Orfitasius Aufidius Umber—100/101-103/104
- Publius Calvisius Ruso Julius Frontinus—104/105-106/107
- Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus—107/108-110/111
After creation of the province of Galatia edit
- Marcus Junius Homullus[2]—111/112-113/114
- Lucius Catilius Severus Julianus Claudius Reginus—114/5-116/117
- Gaius Bruttius Praesens Lucius Fulvius Rusticus—121/122-123/124
- (? Lucius) Statorius Secundus—124/125-126/127
- Titus Prifernius Geminus—127/128-129/130
- Lucius Flavius Arrianus—130/131-136/137
- Lucius Burbuleius Optatus Ligarianus—between 137 and 141
- Publius Cassius Secundus[3]—c. 141-c. 144
- Lucius Aemilius Carus—c. 148-c. 151
- Marcus Cassius Apollinaris—c. 151-c. 154
- Marcus Sedatius Severianus—c. 157-161/162
- Marcus Statius Priscus Licinius Italicus—162-c. 163
- Lucius Julius Statilius Severus—c. 163-c. 166
- Publius Martius Verus—166-175
- Gaius Arrius Antoninus—175-c. 177
- Caelius Calvinus—c. 184[4]
- Gaius Julius Flaccus Aelianus—c. 198
- L. M[...]ius—c. 199
- Claudius Hieronymianus—c. 212
- Quintus Atrius Clonius—between 211 and 222
- Gaius Catius Clemens—217-218[5]
- Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis—218[6]
- Marcus Ulpius Ofellus Theodorus—219-221
- Aurelius Basileus—221-222
- Asinius Lepidus[1]—222/223—224/225
- (? P.) Aradius Paternus—c. 231[7]
- Quintus Julius Proculeianus—c. 231, successor of Paternus[7]
- Licinnius Serenianus—c. 235[8]
- Sextus Catius Clementinus Priscillianus—236/237—237/238
- T.(?) Cuspidius Flaminius Severus[1]—238/239—239/240
- Titus Clodius Saturninus Fidus[1]—240/241—242/243
- Marcus Antonius Memmius Hiero[1]—243/244—245/246
- Publius Petronius Polianus[1]—246/247—248/249
- Aulus Vergilius Maximus[1]—251—253
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Bernard 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), pp. 180–245
- ^ a b Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 69 to 111 are taken from Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 281-362; 13 (1983), pp. 147-237
- ^ Unless otherwise stated, the names of the governors from 141 to 177 are taken from Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), pp. 220f
- ^ Unless otherwise stated, the names of the proconsular governors from 184 to 235 are taken from Paul Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), p. 234f
- ^ Leunissen (Konsuln und Konsulare, p. 235) dates Clemens between 236 and 238; David H. French ("Notes on Cappadocian Milestones: the Caesaria-Melitene Road", Epigrapica Anatolia, 41 (2008), pp. 127-130) argues for this date.
- ^ Unless otherwise stated, the names of the governors from 218 to 222 are taken from French, "Cappadocian Milestones", p. 130
- ^ a b Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare, p. 235
- ^ French, "Cappadocian Milestones", pp. 130f