Gaius Luccius Telesinus
1st century AD Roman senator and consul
About Gaius Luccius Telesinus
Born AD 50. Gaius Luccius Telesinus was a Roman politician and military personnel.
Gaius Luccius Telesinus was a Roman senator who was active during the first century CE. He was ordinary consul for the year 66 with Gaius Suetonius Paulinus as his colleague. In Philostratus' Life of Apollonius, Telesinus had been depicted as a pious consul conversing with Apollonius of Tyana. He allows Apollonius entry into Rome's temples, his residence there, and adoption of Apollonius' reforms by the temples. According to Philostratus, Telesinus continued to study philosophy under Apollonius.
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