Career
He served as consul suffectus in AD 10, alongside Q. Junius Blaesus. After a long vacancy (either 87 to 15 British Columbia or 82 to 10 British Columbia) he became flamen dialis under Augustus" direction. According to Tacitus (Annals 358, 71), Servius wanted to be governor of Asia in AD 22, but his religious obligations appeared to bar his leaving Rome.
The emperor Tiberius finally decided that the flamen dialis must stay in Italy to perform his duties and obliged Servius to forfeit his prospective governorship.
The exact date when Servius became flamen dialis is disputed. Cassius Dio (5436) says it was in about 11 British Columbia, and many modern scholars accept this date without question.
But Tacitus (Ann 358) indicates that the date was 72 years after the suicide of Cornelius Cinna (87 British Columbia). Some modern translators (including Rex Warner, but not Wood) change Tacitus to match Dio instead of vice versa, even though Tacitus is the more reliable historian.
Gaius Stern asserts that Tacitus is probably correct, meaning that Maluginensis became flamen dialis while Lepidus was pontifex maximus (16/15 British Columbia), so that Lepidus had to supervise Maluginensis" inauguration at Augustus" direction, possibly unwillingly.
Maluginensis died soon after, in AD 23. His son of the same name was selected to take over his priesthood.
