The Apologists · AD 130–180 · External witness
Quintus Lollius Urbicus
urban prefect c. AD 146–160 · Urban Prefect of Rome · Judge of Ptolemaeus and Lucius · Rome
External witness
Who Quintus Lollius Urbicus was
Conqueror of the Scottish Lowlands turned prefect of the City, whose summary condemnations of Ptolemaeus, Lucius, and a third Christian — for the name alone — drove Justin to publish his Second Apology.
Also listed in non-christian witnesses.
Common questions
When did Quintus Lollius Urbicus live?
Quintus Lollius Urbicus is dated urban prefect c. AD 146–160 in the archive, which places Quintus Lollius Urbicus 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 Quintus Lollius Urbicus?
Quintus Lollius Urbicus is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Justin Martyr and Justin Martyr, via Eusebius. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Quintus Lollius Urbicus from?
The archive associates Quintus Lollius Urbicus with Rome.
Who were Quintus Lollius Urbicus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Quintus Lollius Urbicus to 3 other figures, including Ptolemaeus of Rome, Lucius of Rome and Justin Martyr. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (2)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Second Apology 2 (named as the sentencing prefect)
c. AD 152Why have you punished this man, not as an adulterer, nor fornicator, nor murderer... but as one who has only confessed that he is called by the name of Christian?Justin Martyr · Second Apology 2 · source text
Ecclesiastical History IV.17 (quoting the Second Apology)
c. AD 155A certain woman… her quondam husband brought an accusation against Ptolemaeus, whom Urbicus punished — and two others with him.Justin Martyr, via Eusebius · IV.17 · source text
Connected 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
- AD 156 · The New Prophecy erupts, AD 156
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Quintus Lollius Urbicus.
- 1Rome