The Roman Army, 31 BC–AD 337: A Sourcebook

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366 CIL 10. 3903=EJ 329, inscription, Capua, early 1st C.AD
[The Members of the Board of Two] said [ _ _ _ ] that it was appropriate
to [dignify with every kind of private] and public [honours] an excellent
[man, and asked] what they desired to be done about this matter, [and
about this matter] the following decision was taken: since Lucius
Antistius [Campanus has completed all his] military service, and during
very tough and perilous campaigns [won] the good opinion of [Caesar]
the god [and the divine Augustus], and was settled by [the latter in] our
[colony _ _ _ ]; and since he exhibited private and public generosity to
such an extent that he [virtually shared] even his own property with
the community [by taking upon himself] a large number of different
expenses, and indeed always [seemed] happier [to pay out money] which
was to be spent for the benefit of everyone, rather than [for the
advantage of] his own interests and those of his family, and to grow
old [in accumulating] the public offices [offered by the community], so
that even now he was [involved in our] most important [affairs], and
since he has passed away [in his efforts, which, while beneficial to the
community], were nevertheless arduous for a man of his years, the
councillors have decided that [the memory of a most distinguished]
and helpful citizen [ _ _ _ ] should be glorified by these honours, namely
that he be borne from the forum [to his funeral pyre in a funeral
arranged] and approved by the Members of the Board of Two, one or
both of them, and that legal proceedings on that day should be
postponed [so that the people] may not be prevented by such matters
from attending in as great numbers as possible the funeral of an excellent
and most generous leading (?) citizen, and that a gilt [ _ _ _ ] statue
should be errected to him at public expense with this [ _ _ _ ] decree of
the town councillors inscribed on it, at the place where Lucius Antistius
Campanus, his excellent son and successor to his service and generosity,
[should choose _ _ _ ] and for the other statues, shields, and gifts which
he received [ _ _ _ ] up to the time of his death and those which were
bestowed [on him after his death], a site should be granted at public
expense which Lucius [Antistius Campanus should choose _ _ _ ] beside
the Via Appia [ _ _ _
If Mommsen’s restorations of this badly damaged inscription are correct,
Antistius had served under both Caesar and Augustus and was settled at Capua
probably in 41 or 36 BC. His financial generosity to the community was
outstanding, and although no office is specifically mentioned, the restoration
of the text suggests that he held them all. His son was clearly destined for an
important role in Capua and seems to have been Member of the Board of Two
in 13 BC (CIL 10. 3803).