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Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo
Roman general, father of empress Domitia Longina
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proconsul
thumb|Scipio Africanus, one of Rome's greatest commanders, was a proconsul during the [[Second Punic War. He was one of the few proconsuls who did not first serve as consul.]]
A proconsul was an official of ancient Rome who acted on behalf of a consul. A proconsul was typically a former consul. The term is also used in recent history for officials with delegated authority. In the Roman Republic, military command, or imperium, could be exercised constitutionally only by a consul. Only two consuls served at a time, each elected to a one-year term. They could not normally serve two terms in a row
Festus
4th-century Roman historian
Sergius Paulus
proconsul of Cyprus under Claudius
Junius Blaesus
Roman commander and proconsul during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, maternal uncle of Sejanus
Marcus Popillius Laenas
Roman consul 139 BC
Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus
1st/2nd century Roman senator and suffect consul

Gaius Licinius Crassus
Roman consul 168
Gaius Julius Asper
Roman consul 212 AD
Lucius Cossonius Eggius Marullus
Roman consul 184 AD
Titus Ampius Balbus
Roman politician
Aulus Allienus
politician