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DATE OF THE MARTYRDOM. 659<br />

V. 3, p. 6) we have mention of [ioJyAianoc<br />

. d .<br />

KpATicTOC .<br />

where it is dated the 8th tribunician year of Antoninus Pius,<br />

ANefnATOC,<br />

i.e. a.d.<br />

145. But the proconsuls came into office in May. Was the year of<br />

JuHanus then a.d. 144, 145, or a.d. 145, 146 The answer to this question<br />

is<br />

suppHed from another quarter. On an Ephesian medal commemorating<br />

the marriage of M. Aurelius and Faustina his name<br />

again appears as proconsul, eni . [k]A . loyAiANof, and from other<br />

notices {C. I. G. 3176, Capitol. Marcus 6) we ascertain that this<br />

marriage took place a.d. 146'. Julianus therefore was proconsul from<br />

May 145 to May 146.<br />

(2) The next step is the Proconsulship of Severiis V. du R. ( A.^. 214<br />

sq, F. A. 217 sq). Aristides relates some dealings with Severus, then<br />

proconsul of Asia, in the tenth year of his illness soon after the winter<br />

solstice {pp.<br />

I.<br />

pp. 502, 505). As his malady had begun in midwinter<br />

(i. p. 481), the years of his illness corresponded roughly with the<br />

calendar years. Severus therefore must have been proconsul from May<br />

I .S3 to May 154. According to Masson this proconsulship would fall in<br />

a.d. 168, 169. The following tests may be applied to the two systems.<br />

(i) During the proconsulship of Severus {Op. i. p. 524) letters<br />

'<br />

arrived from Italy from the princes, from the emperor himself and his<br />

son ' (Trapa twv j3a(TLXi.oii', rov re avTOKpaTopo

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