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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Veterans 227<br />
Madaura was a Flavian veteran colony presumably for men discharged from<br />
the III Augusta.<br />
371 CIL 3. 7979, inscription, Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, 2nd C.AD<br />
To the spirits of the departed, in memory of Gaius Julius Sabinus, soldier<br />
of Legion XIII Gemina, clerk of accounts, lived thirty years. Gaius Julius<br />
Valens, Member of the Board of Two responsible for legal jurisdiction,<br />
and Cominia Florentina, his sorrowing parents, (set this up).<br />
This soldier’s father, who was a magistrate at Sarmizegetusa, was possibly a<br />
veteran settled in the colony. For veterans in civic life at Sarmizegetusa, where<br />
they seem to have a stronger role than in, for example, Carnuntum, Brigetio,<br />
or Lambaesis, see Mann 1983:39. For veterans in the provinces of Dalmatia<br />
and Noricum, see Wilkes 1969:107–15; 134–5; Alföldy 1974:122–4.<br />
372 IGR 3. 1299, inscription, Sahouet-el-Khudr, Arabia, AD 170/1<br />
For the welfare of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar, sacred to lord<br />
Zeus, (set up) by Vaddus Aslamus, Molemus Ananus, and Rufus,<br />
veteran, sacred treasurers. Year 66 (of Bostra reckoning).<br />
This inscription was found in the vicinity of Bostra in Arabia, where the III<br />
Cyrenaica legion was stationed, and the veteran probably came from that<br />
legion. Many ex-soldiers often settled in small villages and communities in<br />
the local area.<br />
373 CIL 8. 18214=ILS 6847, inscription, Lambaesis, AD 147–50<br />
Sacred to the Fortune of the Emperor, dedicated by Lucius Novius<br />
Crispinus, legate of the Emperor with propraetorian power; Gaius<br />
Antonius Alexander, son of Gaius, of the tribe Collina, from Antioch,<br />
set this up and promised a statue out of an additional sum of 4,000<br />
sesterces, for the fortunate Hadrianic organization of veterans of [Legion<br />
III] Augusta, because of the honour of a priesthood in perpetuity which<br />
they conferred on him in his absence.<br />
See Diz. epig. s.v. collegia, p. 369. After they had been settled, some ex-soldiers<br />
established organizations where they could associate with fellow veterans. Like<br />
other collegia, they will have provided a focus of social intercourse for the<br />
members, helped to promote their interests, and served as burial clubs (the<br />
society in Aquileia had its own burial ground). <strong>The</strong> curia veteranorum in<br />
Lambaesis was presumably a similar organization, and the addition of Hadrian’s<br />
name to it indicates imperial approval.