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Gaius Luccius Telesinus

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1st century AD Roman senator and consul

Gaius Luccius Telesinus was a Roman senator who was active during the first century CE. He was ordinary consul for the year 66 with Gaius Suetonius Paulinus as his colleague. In Philostratus' Life of Apollonius, Telesinus had been depicted as a pious consul conversing with Apollonius of Tyana. He allows Apollonius entry into Rome's temples, his residence there, and adoption of Apollonius' reforms by the temples. According to Philostratus, Telesinus continued to study philosophy under Apollonius.

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References

  1. (in German) Ingemar König, Der römische Staat II: Die Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 1997, p. 469
  2. Philostratus, Life of Apollonius, IV.40 (link)
  3. Philostratus, Life of Apollonius, IV.43 (link)
Political offices
Preceded byGaius Pomponius Pius,
and Gaius Anicius Cerialisas consules suffecti 		Consul of the Roman Empire
66
with Gaius Suetonius Paulinus (II?) 		Succeeded byMarcus Annius Afrinus,
and Gaius Paccius Africanusas consules suffecti
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