Proculus' full name,
Lucius Stertinius Quintillianus Acilius Strabo Quintus Cornelius Rusticus Apronius Senecio Proculus, is attested in an inscription set up by his daughters Cornelia Procula and Cornelia Placida. In his monograph of naming practices in the first centuries of the Roman Empire, Olli Salomies asserts that the first five elements of his name show that he was
adopted by a Lucius Stertinius Quintillianus Acilius Strabo, but notes that "some scholars think that the adoptive father was" Lucius Stertinius Quintillianus Acilius Strabo Gaius Curiatius Maternus Clodius Nummmus, who may be the same person as
Gaius Clodius Nummus, suffect consul in 114. Because his daughters only use the
gentilicium "Cornelius" in their names, Salomies concludes this adoption took place after their birth. A second inscription the sisters Procula and Placida erected attests to a brother, Quintus Cornelius Senecio Proculus. There are two further possible relatives of Proculus. One is
Quintus Cornelius Senecio Annianus, suffect consul in 142; a
military diploma published by
Werner Eck and Peter Weiß provides enough information to allow them to surmise Annianus is Proculus' brother. The other, based on shared name elements, is
Lucius Claudius Proculus Cornelianus, suffect consul in 139. == Life ==