Marcus Lollius perhaps with the cognomen Paulinus (flourished second half of 1st century BC and first half of 1st century) was a Roman Senator who served as a consul.
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Family Background
Lollius was a member of the plebeian gens Lollia. He was the son born to the Roman Politician and Military Officer Marcus Lollius from his wife Valeria. Valeria was one of the daughters of the literary patron, consul Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus and a sister to the Roman Senators Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus and Marcus Aurelius Cotta Maximus Messalinus. Lollius was the namesake of his father and paternal grandfather. His possible brother may have been Publius Lollius Maximus or at least a close relation to his father. Publius Lollius Maximus was a soldier who served under the first Roman emperor Augustus; later becoming a friend of the Poet Horace; who became a possible poet, historian and must have been offered a post in the Retinue of the future Roman emperor Tiberius in about 20 BC.
Career
Little is known on the life of Lollius. Lollius served as a consul perhaps as a suffect consul in 13.
The Horrea Lolliana was either built by his father or Lollius himself. It is known from the inscriptions refer to them and also, from their plan in the Severan Marble Plan of Rome. It seems his family had long trade connections and his family’s name is found among the Italian merchants on the Greek island of Delos in the Hellenistic period.
Wife and Issue
Lollius married a Roman noblewoman called Volusia Saturnina, a sister to the consul Lucius Volusius Saturninus. and daughter of Quintus Volusius from his wife Claudia, a sister of praetor, Tiberius Claudius Nero. As thus, she was a first cousin to Tiberius and his brother, Nero Claudius Drusus.
Through Volusia, Lollius was the father of two daughters: