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{{Short description|Roman senator and consul in 211}}File:House of the Vestal Virgins (Atrium Vestae), Upper Via Sacra, Rome (33026434841).jpg|thumb|Inscription for statue of his sister Terentia Flavola, the chief Vestal ]](Hedius Lollianus) Terentius GentianusThe nomen gentile “Hedius” and cognomen “Lollianus” is assumed. (fl. 3rd century AD) was a Roman politician who was appointed consul in AD 211 and also served as High Priest of Jupiter.

Biography

Terentius Gentianus was the son of Quintus Hedius Rufus Lollianus Gentianus who had been suffect consul in around AD 186/8. In AD 200, Terentius Gentianus was elected as Praetor tutelaris. Then in AD 211, he was appointed consul ordinarius alongside Pomponius Bassus.Mennen, Inge, Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284 (2011), p. 107 He put up a statue in Rome for his sister Terentia Flavola, Chief Vestal. In the inscription he is mentioned as the Flamen Dialis, which makes him the latest-attested holder of that office.JOURNAL, Gallia, Andrew B., 2015, Vestal Virgins and Their Families,weblink Classical Antiquity, 34, 1, 74–120, 10.1525/CA.2015.34.1.74, 11299/214958, 0278-6656, free, JOURNAL, Segni, Leah Di, Arubas, Benjamin, A Flamen Dialis Recorded on a Decorated Marble Slab from Ptolemais-Acco,weblink BOOK, Fant, Maureen B.,weblink Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation, Lefkowitz, Mary R., 2016-07-28, Bloomsbury Publishing, 978-1-4725-7848-8, en, Terentius Gentianus was married to Pomponia Paetina, who was possibly related to his colleague of 211.

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