Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus was a Roman senator active in the first quarter of the second century AD. He was suffect consul in the nundinium of September to December AD 114 with Marcus Messius Rusticus as his colleague.Werner Eck, G. Paci, and E. P. Serenelli, "Per una nuova edizione dei Fasti Potentini," Picus, 23 (2003), pp. 51-108) Many of the inscriptions referring to Avitus used the shorter form of his name, Lucius Lollianus Avitus.Olli Salomies, Adoptive and polyonymous nomenclature in the Roman Empire, (Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1992), p. 52 n. 76 He is primarily known through inscriptions.
His family origins lie in Liguria.Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 304 According to Anthony Birley he was married to Terentia, the daughter of Decimus Terentius Scaurianus, one of Emperor Trajan's generals.Birley, Hadrian, the Restless Emperor (London: Routledge, 2000), p. 246 Avitus is also known to have had at least one son, Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus.Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand, p. 323
Only one office is known to be held by Avitus, proconsular governor of Asia in 128/129, which was considered the peak of a successful senatorial career.Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 13 (1983), pp. 165f
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