The Roman Army, 31 BC–AD 337: A Sourcebook
The Roman Army, 31 BC–AD 337: A Sourcebook
The Roman Army, 31 BC–AD 337: A Sourcebook
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220 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Roman</strong> <strong>Army</strong><br />
357 ILS 9085, inscription, near Poetovio, early 2nd C.AD<br />
To the spirits of the departed, Lucius Gargilius Felix, son of Lucius, of<br />
the tribe Quirina, from Tacape (in Africa), veteran of Legion I Adiutrix<br />
Loyal and Faithful, discharged with a cash discharge grant, [ _ _ _ ]<br />
years<br />
Cf. AE 1934. 226. Felix, having received his cash praemium, may have settled<br />
at Poetovio of his own accord. Mann (1983:33) conjectures that he had been<br />
discharged in Dacia and had chosen to make his home in Poetovio because I<br />
Adiutrix had been stationed here immediately before its despatch to Dacia and<br />
the establishment of the colony. But it is possible that two groups of colonists<br />
were settled in Poetovio, one with land, one with money.<br />
358 SEG 17. 584=Smallwood NH <strong>31</strong>3, inscription, Attaleia, Asia,<br />
2nd C.AD<br />
In honour of Lucius Gavius Fronto, son of Lucius Gavius Fronto, chief<br />
centurion of Legion III Cyrenaica and camp prefect of Legion XV<br />
Apollinaris, the first and only member of his native community (to<br />
hold these ranks), father of Lucius Gavius Aelianus, quaestor with<br />
propraetorian power of the <strong>Roman</strong> people, grandfather of Lucius<br />
Gavius Clarus of the broad purple stripe (i.e. a senator), honoured<br />
with the grant of a public horse by the Emperor, and with military<br />
decorations, entrusted by the divine Trajan with three thousand<br />
legionary veterans to found a colony at Cyrene, the first to promise a<br />
permanent tenure of the office of gymnasiarch in his fifth year (holding<br />
that office), chief priest of all the Emperors for four years and director<br />
of the dramatic and athletic games at his own expense,<br />
Lucius Gavius Seleucus to his patron and benefactor.<br />
<strong>The</strong> veteran colony at Cyrene was established in the aftermath of the Jewish<br />
revolt in 115 and may have been completed by Hadrian.<br />
359 Hyginus Gromaticus, <strong>The</strong> Establishment of ‘Limites’ (Thulin<br />
1913:165–6)<br />
We should make a ledger recording all unused land (subseciva) so that<br />
whenever the emperor wishes he can find out how many men can be<br />
settled in that area… We shall place in the emperor’s record office the<br />
bronze registers and ground plan of the entire area which has been<br />
divided up, with the lines drawn in according to its established<br />
boundaries, and a note of the immediate neighbours. And if anything<br />
has been granted or allocated to a colony as an act of munificence,