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

60 The Roman Army
officer for Egypt at Alexandria, procurator of the province of Asia; the
decurions and messengers and cavalrymen who are stationed at Lares
Domnici (set this up).
108 Pflaum, Carrières 120=Smallwood NH 265, inscription,
Camerinum, Umbria, 2nd C.AD
To Marcus Maenius Agrippa Lucius Tusidius Campester, son of Gaius,
of the tribe Cornelia, host of the divine Hadrian, father of a senator,
prefect of the second Flavian part-mounted cohort of Britons, chosen
by the divine Hadrian and sent on the British expedition, military tribune
of the first part-mounted cohort of Spaniards, prefect of the first
armoured ala of Gauls and Pannonians, procurator of the emperor,
prefect of the British fleet, procurator of the province of Britain, with
the public horse, patron of the municipality; the inhabitants of the
Censorglacensis locality, having obtained through the generosity of the
best and greatest Emperor Antoninus Augustus Pius, by means of his
benevolent intervention, privileges by which their (rights) have been
increased and confirmed in perpetuity, (set this up). This site was granted
free by decision of the town councillors.
Campester was clearly a man of means, capable of entertaining a Roman
emperor in his home, and his personal connection with Hadrian explains why
he was singled out by him after only one military post and why he advanced so
rapidly to the procuratorship of Britain. Campester’s influence with Antoninus
Pius also secured benefactions for his native community, and his family’s status
was enhanced by the fact that his son became a senator.
109 Pflaum, Carrières 59=Smallwood NH 268, inscription, Aquileia,
AD 105
To Gaius Minicius Italus, son of Gaius, of the tribe Velina, member of
the Board of Four for legal jurisdiction, prefect of the fifth part-mounted
cohort of Gauls, prefect of the first part-mounted cohort of Breucians,
Roman citizens, prefect of the second part-mounted cohort of Varcians,
military tribune of Legion VI Victrix, prefect of cavalry of the first ala
of singulares, Roman citizens, decorated by the divine Vespasian with
a Gold Crown and Untipped Spear, procurator of the province of the
Hellespont, procurator of the province of Asia, which he governed on
the orders of the emperor in place of the deceased proconsul, procurator
of the provinces of Lugdunensis and Aquitania and also of Lactora,
prefect of the corn supply, prefect of Egypt, priest of the divine Claudius,
by decree of the town councillors.