Having filled with success the offices of quaestor and praetor , he was consul in 120 . He was appointed by Hadrian as one of the four proconsuls to administer Italia , then Asia . Having filled with more than usual success the offices of quaestor and praetor , he obtained the consulship in 120 ; he was next appointed by the Emperor Hadrian as one of the four proconsuls to administer Italia , then greatly increased his reputation by his conduct as proconsul of Asia , probably during 134-135 .