Lucius Egnatius Victor Lollianus (fl. 3rd century) was aRoman military officer andsenator, who served as governor of a number of provinces of the Roman East, including Galatia, Achaea, Bithynia and Pontus, Pannonia Inferior, and Asia. He has been called "the best documented governor of the province of Asia in the Imperial period" on account of the large number of surviving monuments erected in his honour.^[1]

Egnatius Victor was a member of the third centurygens Egnatia, and it has been speculated by hispraenomen,nomen and firstcognomen that he was the son ofLucius Egnatius Victor. In 213 he was coopted to serve with thesodales Antoniniani. He was then appointedlegatus Augusti pro praetore ofGalatia in 218, before being appointedsuffect consul in anundinium sometime between 225 and 230.^[2]

Around 230, Egnatius Victor was appointedcorrector of theprovince ofAchaea. This was followed by his posting aslegatus Augusti pro praetore ofBithynia et Pontus sometime between 230 and 235. It has been speculated that he was alsolegatus Augusti pro praetore ofPannonia Inferior sometime during the reign ofAlexander Severus (222 – 235).

Egnatius Victor and his brother-in-lawValerian were probably important senatorial supporters of theGordiani, and he reached the pinnacle of his career during the reign ofGordian III when, between 242 and 244 he became theProconsulargovernor ofAsia, which he held for three years. He was possibly assigned to the provinceextra sortem (or outside the usual assignment of senatorial provinces bylot) by Gordian III in relation to his planned campaign against theSassanid Empire. Egnatius Victor was retained as governor byPhilip the Arab after the death of Gordian III, indicating he gave immediate support to Philip after he returned from the Persian campaign.^[3] Finally, in 254, he was appointedPraefectus urbi ofRome by his brother-in-lawValerian who had become emperor the year before.

Egnatius Victor was probably the brother ofEgnatia Mariniana, who was the wife of Valerian and mother ofGallienus. It has been conjectured that he had a son namedEgnatius Lucillianus;^[4] however, a relationship between the imperialgens Egnatia and Egnatius Lucillianus has been described as very doubtful.^[2] But in the case of his given great-grandchildrenQuintus Flavius Maesius Egnatius Lollianus Mavortius and Egnatia Lolliana, his and hernomina Egnatius / Egnatia and theircognomina Lollianus / Lolliana point to a direct descent connection from him.

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• 3rd-century Romans
• Egnatii
• Roman governors of Galatia
• Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome
• Roman governors of Bithynia and Pontus
• Roman governors of Asia
• Urban prefects of Rome

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• Year of birth unknown
• Year of death unknown