List of Roman governors of Asia

Unless otherwise indicated, entries for the Republican period are based on T.R.S. Broughton, Magistrates of the Roman Republic (1952), vol. II. • Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur (97/96 BC) • ? Lucius Gellius (93/92 BC). Alternatively proconsul in Cilicia. • Gaius Julius Caesar (91/90 BC) • L. Lucilius L.f. (? 90/89 BC) • C. Cassius (89–87 BC). Appian calls him "Lucius Cassius". • Lucius Licinius Murena (84/83 BC) • ? L. Cornelius Lentulus (82/81 BC). Uncertain if proconsul in Asia or Africa. • Marcus Minucius Thermus (80/79 BC) • Gaius Claudius Nero (79/78 BC) • ? Terentius Varro (77/76 BC) • Marcus Junius Silanus (76/75 BC) • M. Juncus (75/74 BC) • Lucius Licinius Lucullus (73–69 BC) • Publius Cornelius Dolabella (? 69/68 BC) • Titus Aufidius (66/65 BC) • Publius Varinius (65/64 BC) • ? P. Orbius (64/63 BC) • P. Servilius Globulus (63/62 BC) • Lucius Valerius Flaccus (62/61 BC) • Quintus Tullius Cicero (61–58 BC) • Gaius Fabius Hadrianus (57/56 BC) • Gaius Septimius (56/55 BC) • Gaius Claudius Pulcher (55–53 BC) • Quintus Minucius Thermus (52–49 BC) • Lucius Antonius (49 BC): proquaestor pro praetore, left in command by Thermus • Appuleius (47/46 BC): proquaestor pro praetore • Publius Servilius Isauricus (46–44 BC): propraetor, then proconsul • Gaius Trebonius (44/43 BC): murdered by Cornelius Dolabella January 43 BC • ? M. Turius (42/41 BC): driven out of Asia by the Parthians • Lucius Munatius Plancus (39/38 BC). Ronald Syme dates Plancus 39–37 BC. Broughton speculates he "probably took command in Asia as the Parthians retreated." • Marcus Cocceius Nerva (38/37 BC) • Gaius Furnius (35/34 BC). Syme dates Furnius 36–35 BC. • ? Marcus Titius (34 BC) • Asinius (Maurucinus ?) (34/33 BC) ==Imperial proconsular governors of Asia (27 BC — AD 180)==

=== Governors under Augustus === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from K.M.T. Atkinson, "The Governors of the Province Asia in the Reign of Augustus", Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, 7 (1958), pp. 300–330 === Governors under Tiberius === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Ronald Syme, "Problems about Proconsuls of Asia", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 53 (1983), pp. 191–208 === Governors under Caligula === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Syme, "Problems about Proconsuls", pp. 191–208 === Governors under Claudius === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Syme, "Problems about Proconsuls", pp. 191–208 === Governors under Nero and the Year of Four Emperors === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Syme, "Problems about Proconsuls", pp. 191–208 === Governors under Vespasian and Titus === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 284–303 === Governors under Domitian === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", pp. 304–323 === Governors under Nerva and Trajan === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", pp. 324–362 === Governors under Hadrian === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 13 (1983), pp. 147–185 === Governors under Antoninus Pius === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Syme "The Proconsuls of Asia under Antoninus Pius", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 51 (1983), 271-290 === Governors under Marcus Aurelius === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter den Antoninen (Bonn: Habelt Verlag, 1977) pp. 214–217 (before 167) and Filippini, “Su alcuni proconsoli d’Asia all’epoca di Marco Aurelio (168-173)” (Roma, 2014) p. 764 (after 167) ==Imperial proconsular governors of Asia (180 — 285)==

===Governors under Commodus=== Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), pp. 221f === Governors under Septimius Severus === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Ségolène Demougin, "Proconsuls d'Asie sous Septime Sévère, les gouverneurs de la province de 200 à 211", Bulletin de la Société Nationale des Antiquaires de France, 1994 (1996), pp. 323-333 === Governors under Caracalla === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), pp. 224f === Governors under Macrinus and Elagabalus === Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), pp. 225f ===Governors under Alexander Severus=== Unless otherwise stated, the following entries are taken from Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), pp. 226-228 Third-century crisis (235–285) • Lucius Valerius Messalla Apollinaris (between 236 and 238). • Flavius Balbus Diogenianus (between 236 and 238; less likely 250–1) • Marcus Asinius Sabinianus (239 or 240) • Lucius Egnatius Victor Lollianus (242–245) • Flavius Maximillianus Montanus (248/249) • Gaius Julius Flavius Proculus Quintilianus (249–250) • Gaius Julius Octavius Volusenna Rogatianus (c. 253/256) • Attius Rufinus (250s) • Marcus Valerius Turbo (250s) • Maximillianus (? 260) • (?) Tiberius Pollienus Armenius Peregrinus (unknown date, possibly under Valerian) • Arellius Fuscus (275) • Faltonius Probus (276) • Julius Proculus (276) • Asclepiodotus (283) (praeses) ==Imperial proconsular governors of Asia (285 — 395)==

===Governors under Diocletian=== • Aurelius Hermogenianus (c. 286/305) • Titus Flavius Festus (c. 286/293) • Priscus (c. 286/305) • Lucius Artorius Pius Maximus (c. 287/298) • Junius Tiberianus (c. 293/303) • Annius Epifanius (c. 293/305) ===Governors under Constantine I=== • Amnius Manius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Paulinus (c. 324/334) • Quintus Fabius Titianus (c. 324/337) ===Governors under Constantius II=== • Lucius Caelius Montius (c. 340/350) • Marinus (c. 351/354) • Flavius Magnus (c. 354/359) • Mantitheus (before 355) • Julianus (360) ===Governors under Julian and Jovian=== • Aelius Claudius Dulcitius (361—363) • Vitalius (363) ===Governors under Valens=== • Helpidius (364) • Hormisdas (365) • Clearchus (366—367) • Eutropius (c. 371/372) • Festus (372—378) ===Governors under Theodosius I=== • Septimius Maeadius (c. 379/386) • Nummius Aemilianus Dexter (c. 379/387) • Auxonius (381) • Nicomachus Flavianus (382—383) • Victorius (392—394) • Aurelianus (395) ==Imperial proconsular governors of Asia (395 — 491)==

===Governors under Arcadius=== • Aeternalis (396) • Simplicius (396) • Nebridius (396) • Julianus (397) • Anatolius (c. 395/408) • Flavius Anthemius Isidorus (c. 405/410) ===Governors under Theodosius II=== • Flavius Heliodorus (c. 439/442) • Proculus (449) ==Imperial proconsular governors of Asia (uncertain date)==

• (?) Scaurianus (? late third century) • Cassianus (third/fourth century) • Cossinius Rufinus (? middle/late third century) • Axiochus (? late fourth century) • Ambrosius (? late fourth century) • Messalinus (fourth/fifth century) • Aristus (fourth/fifth century) • Constantinus (fourth/fifth century) • Nonnus (early fifth century) • (?) Ignatius (early/mid fifth century) • (?) Zosimianus (early/mid fifth century) • Andreas (? fifth century) • Flavius Axius Arcadius Phlegethius (late fifth/early sixth century) • Damocharis (fourth/sixth century) • Theodosius (fifth/sixth century) == See also ==