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Lucius Caesonius Lucillus Macer Rufinianus
Roman administrator, general and consul
Lucius Caesonius Lucillus Macer Rufinianus (c. 195 – c. 255) was a Roman military officer and senator who was appointed suffect consul probably between AD 225 and 229. Much of what we know about him comes from an inscription found on the base of a statute near Tivoli.
Caesonius Lucillus occupied a succession of posts: the junior magistracy of the decemvir stlitibus judicandis; a quaestor; and a praetor, all sponsored by the emperor, Caracalla (r. 211–217). He was appointed imperial governor of several Italian towns, then legate of Roman Tunisia. Around 226–229 the emperor Alexander Severus (r. 222–235) appointed him consul. He filled various senior administrative posts before being appointed governor of Africa (Tunisia). After relinquishing this position he was appointed to some of the most senior administrative positions in the Empire, before dying in around 255.