Career
He was Legatus Augusti pro praetore of Thracia between 124 and 126, Consul suffectus between May and September 127 and, as consul, governor of Judaea from at least 130 to 132, during the uprising of the Jews under Simon bar Kokhba and Elasar. The Church Fathers and rabbinic literature emphasize his role in provoking the revolt. He is last recorded in 132.
Whether he died or was replaced is uncertain.
He left a son, Quintus Tineius Sacerdos Clemens, who became Consul in 158 and later one of the pontifices. His memory varies; in Jewish tradition, he conducted the war against the Jewish people.
There is an inscription in his honor in Scythopolis.
