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Marcus Pompeius Macrinus Neos Theophanes
2nd century Roman senator and suffect consul
Marcus Pompeius Macrinus Neos Theophanes was a Roman senator of the second century who held several imperial appointments. He was suffect consul during the nundinium of September to December 115 with Titus Vibius Varus as his colleague.[1] Older writers like Ronald Syme had dated his career some fifteen years earlier, but subsequent research confirmed a later date.[2] Macrinus is primarily known from inscriptions.
Macrinus, a native of Mytilene, was a descendant of one of the more famous inhabitants of the island of Lesbos, Theophanes of Mytilene; this was the origin of his cognomen Neos Theophanes, or "The New Theophanes". The descendants of the original Theophanes had fallen into the disfavor of the emperor Tiberius, and in the year 33 AD many were forced to commit suicide or driven into exile.[3]