List of Roman governors of Sicilia explained

This is a list of known Roman governors of Sicilia, the Roman province of Sicily.

Republican governors of Sicily

(The following list is based on Jonathan R. W. Prag, "Roman Magistrates in Sicily, 227-49 BC.", in La Sicile de Cicéron: lecture des Verrines. Actes du colloque de Paris (19-20 mai 2006) (Besançon: Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l'Antiquité, 2007), pp. 287–310.)

(Note: Prag omits the names of any magistrate in Sicily between the creation of the province in 241 BC and 227 BC because "no evidence exists."^[1])

Gaius Flaminius c. 227 BC
Marcus Valerius Laevinus c. 227 BC
M. Aemilius (Lepidus) 218 BC
Titus Otacilius Crassus 217 BC
Marcus Claudius Marcellus praetor 216 BC
Appius Claudius Pulcher praetor 215
Publius Cornelius Lentulus praetor 214
C. Sulpicius praetor 211 BC
Marcus Cornelius Cethegus praetor 211 BC
Lucius Cincius Alimentus praetor 210 BC
Sextus Julius Caesar praetor 208 BC
C. Mamilius (Atellus) praetor 207 BC
C. Servilius (Geminus) praetor 206 BC
Lucius Aemilius Papus praetor 205 BC
Marcus Pomponius Matho praetor 204 BC
Publius Villius Tappulus praetor 203 BC
Gnaeus Tremelius Flaccus praetor 202 BC
Publius Aelius Tubero praetor 201 BC
Quintus Fulvius Gillo praetor 200 BC
Lucius Valerius Flaccus praetor 199 BC
M. Claudius Marcellus praetor 198 BC
Lucius Manlius Vulso praetor 197 BC
Gaius Laelius praetor 196 BC
Gnaeus Manlius Vulso praetor 195 BC
Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio praetor 194 BC
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus praetor 193 BC
Lucius Valerius Tappo praetor 192 BC
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus praetor 191 BC
Gaius Atinius Labeo praetor 190 BC
Marcus Sempronius Tuditanus praetor 189 BC
Quintus Marcius Philippus praetor 188 BC
L. Terentius Massaliota praetor 187 BC
Publius Cornelius Sulla praetor 186 BC
[5 possible men] praetor 185 BC
Gaius Sempronius Blaesus praetor 184 BC
Sp. Postumius Albinus (Paullulus) praetor 183 BC
Lucius Caecilius Denter praetor 182 BC
Tiberius Claudius Nero praetor 181 BC
Publius Cornelius Mammula praetor 180 BC
Quintus Mucius Scaevola praetor 179 BC
(?) C. Cluvius Saxula praetor (?) 178 BC
C. Numisius praetor 177 BC
Lucius Aquilius Gallus praetor 176 BC
L. Claudius praetor 174 BC
M. Furius Crassipes praetor 173 BC
C. Memmius praetor 172 BC
Gaius Caninius Rebilus praetor 171 BC
Servius Cornelius Lentulus praetor 169 BC
Marcus Aebutius Helva praetor 168 BC
Tiberius Claudius Nero praetor 167 BC
(?) P. Quinctilius Varus praetor 166 BC
Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus praetor 149 BC
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus procos. 146 BC
(L.?) Cornelius Lentulus praetor 136 BC
Lucius Plautius Hypsaeus praetor 135 BC (?)
Manlius praetor 134 BC (?)
M. Perperna praetor 133 BC
L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi
T. Annius Rufus praetor 131 BC
T. Quinctius Flamininus praetor 126 BC
Marcus Papirius Carbo praetor 114 BC (?)
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus praetor 112 BC (?)
L. Hortensius praetor 111 BC (?)
Publius Licinius Nerva praetor 104 BC
L. Licinius Lucullus propraetor 103 BC
C. Servilius praetor 102 BC
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus praetor 97 BC
Gaius Claudius Pulcher praetor 95 BC
L. (Sempronius) Asellio praetor between 96 & 92 BC
C. Norbanus (Balbus or "Pulbus") praetor 90 BC (?)
M. Perperna praetor 82 BC
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus propraetor 80 BC
Lucius Cornelius Sisenna propraetor 77 BC (?)
Sex. Peducaeus propraetor 76, 75 BC
C. Licinius Sacerdos praetor 75 BC
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura proconsul 74 BC^[2] ^[3]
Gaius Verres propraetor 73—71 BC
Quintus Arrius propraetor 71 BC
Lucius Caecilius Metellus propraetor 70 BC
C. Vergilius Balbus propraetor 61-58 BC
L. Caecilius Rufus propraetor 56 BC (?)
Marcus Porcius Cato propraetor 49 BC

Imperial governors of Sicily

L. Sestius Quirinus — reign of Augustus^[4]
L. Mussidius (Longus?) — reign of Augustus
(Cornelius) Sisenna — reign of Augustus
Quintus Terentius Culleo — reign of Augustus
Quintus Junius Blaesus — ante AD 10
L. Clodius Rufus — between 2 BC and AD 14
L. Seius — reign of Augustus
P. F[lavius] Silvanus — reign of Tiberius
Alfidius Sabinus
Publius Plautius Pulcher — between 13 BC and AD 14
Aulus Didius Gallus — between AD 21 and 38
M. Haterius Candidus
Cascellius
C. Asinius Tucurianus — between AD 50 and 100^[5]
Titus Junius Montanus — ante 81^[6]
? Terentius Priscus — reign of Domitian^[5]
Senecio Memmius Afer — 97/98^[7]
Marcus Pompeius Macrinus Neos Theophanes — 113/114^[8]
Lucius Burbuleius Optatus Ligarianus — 130/131^[9]
Publius Cluvius Maximus Paullinus — 133/134^[10]
Junius Julianus — reign of Trajan or Hadrian ?
Quintus Caecilius Marcellus — reign of Hadrian
Gaius Curtius Justus — ?146/147^[11]
Publius Septimius Geta — ?187/188^[12]
Lucius Septimius Severus — 189/190^[12]
Q. Pompeius Balbus
C. Bultius Geminius Titianus — end 2nd century/beginning 3rd century^[13]
C. Fulvius Maximus (might be proconsul or proconsular legate) — reign of Elagabalus or Severus Alexander^[14]
Quintus Lusius Laberius — reign of Commodus?
Marcus Marius Titius Rufinus — ante 235^[12]
Marcus Domitius Valerianus — ?233/234^[12]
Quintianus — AD 251
M. Veturius Veturianus
Gaius Mevius Donatus Junianus
Q. Aquillius Niger — 3rd century
Q. Annius Annianus Postumianus

Notes and References

Prag, "Roman Magistrates", p. 288
Plinius Maior. Naturalis Historia, VII, 12 (55)
Münzer F. Sura 5 // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). — 1931. — Bd. IV A, 1. — Kol. 962—963
Unless otherwise noted, governors from c. 31 BC to c. AD 286 are taken from Werner Eck, "Über die prätorischen Prokonsulate in der Kaiserzeit. Eine quellenkritische Überlegung", Zephyrus 23/24 (1972/73), pp. 233-260
Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 13 (1983), p. 203
Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), p. 351 n. 40
Eck, Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 328f
Eck, Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 355f
Eck, Chiron, 13 (1983), pp. 169, 171
Eck, Chiron, 13 (1983), pp. 174f
[Géza Alföldy]
Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (1989), p. 305
Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare, p. 306
Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare, pp. 305f