Sextus Julius Major

Sextus Julius Major was a Roman office holder, whose origins were with the "high aristocracy" of Asia. Ronald Syme notes his ancestors included Polemon I of Pontus the king of Pontus and Antonia Pythodoris.[1] The offices he held included command of Legio III Augusta stationed at Lambaesis (which Syme notes "normally carried designation to a consulship") in 125 and 126, suffect consul around 126, and a proconsulship in 141/142.[1] Opinion is divided whether he was proconsul of Africa or Asia: Syme notes the evidence supports either province, although he believes it is likely Julius was proconsul of Asia,[1] an opinion Géza Alföldy concurs with.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Syme, "The Proconsuls of Asia under Antoninus Pius", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 51 (1983), p. 273
  2. ↑ Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 211
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