THE APOLOGIA
[Chapter 1.] Claudius Maximus, proconsul of Africa, is spoken of as having succeeded Lollianus Avitus. Lollianus Avitus was consul in 144 a.d. As ten to thirteen years usually elapsed between tenure of the consulate and proconsulate, Lollianus Avitus may have been proconsul 154-7 a.d., and Claudius Maximus 155-8 a.d.
gentlemen who sit beside him on the bench. The governor of the province, when holding his assize, would be assisted by a consilium of assessors drawn partly from his staff, partly from the local conventus civium Romanorum.
Granii. Nothing is known of this suit. Granii are mentioned as connexions of Lollius Urbicus (C.I.L. viii. 6705).
[Chapter 2.] Lollius Urbicus is described a few lines lower down as praefectus urbi, which is borne out by an inscription (C.I.L. vi. 28). The lawsuit of Aemilianus must therefore have been heard at Rome. The explanation of the words quam quidem vocem, &c., which follow, imply that Lollius was now in Numidia. This is possible enough since an inscription (C.I.L. viii. 6705) proves him to have been a native of Tiddis in Numidia. The praefectus urbi was assisted by a consilium, not by iudices. Here the members of the consilium are described as consulares. [Cp. Karlowa, Röm. Rechtgesch., p. 551.]
[Chapter 4.] not merely in Latin but also in Greek. Cp. Florida, chaps. [18] and [26].
Tannonius Pudens, an advocatus of the accusers and, presumably, a relative.
Pythagoras, inventor of the term φιλοσοφία; cp. Diog. Laert. i, proem. 12. He was a native of Samos and migrated to Croton. See [Florida, chap. 15]. Floruit circa 530 b.c.
Zeno of Velia or Elea in Lucania was the founder of dialectic. Floruit circa 450 b.c.