The Apologists · AD 130–180 · External witness
Minucius Fundanus
proconsul of Asia c. AD 122–123 · Proconsul of Asia · Recipient of Hadrian's rescript · province of Asia
External witness
Who Minucius Fundanus was
The governor to whom Hadrian addressed the rescript requiring due process in trials of Christians and punishment for false accusers — the document Justin attached to his First Apology and Eusebius translated into Greek.
Also listed in non-christian witnesses.
Common questions
When did Minucius Fundanus live?
Minucius Fundanus is dated proconsul of Asia c. AD 122–123 in the archive, which places Minucius Fundanus in the Apologists (AD 130–180). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Minucius Fundanus?
Minucius Fundanus is named in 3 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Emperor Hadrian, Justin Martyr and Eusebius of Caesarea. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Minucius Fundanus from?
The archive associates Minucius Fundanus with province of Asia.
Who were Minucius Fundanus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Minucius Fundanus to 3 other figures, including Emperor Hadrian, Serennius Granianus and Justin Martyr. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (3)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
The Rescript of Hadrian
c. AD 125I have received the letter addressed to me by your predecessor Serennius Granianus… if any one accuses falsely, judge of his wickedness, and see to it that he suffers punishment.Emperor Hadrian · source text
First Apology 68 (the rescript appended by Justin)
c. AD 155We have added a copy of the epistle of the greatest and most illustrious Emperor Adrian, your father, that you may know that we speak truly.Justin Martyr · First Apology 68 · source text
Ecclesiastical History IV.8–9
c. AD 325Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 95 · Domitian’s reprisals, AD 95
- AD 96 · Rome writes to Corinth: 1 Clement, AD 96
- AD 112 · Pliny writes Trajan, AD 112
- AD 117 · Symeon and Ignatius martyred, AD 117
- AD 135 · Bar Kokhba crushed; Aelia Capitolina, AD 135
- AD 144 · Marcion expelled at Rome, AD 144
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Minucius Fundanus.
- 1Asiaprovince only