Submitted for award of PhD September 2006. - King's College London

produced large amounts of coin, which, on the basis of iconographic similarities,
have been dated to the same period. 367 Crawford notes that most of these coins were
overstruck Roman coins. 368 These cities, Crawford argues, having been granted
citizenship without suffrage, were part of the Roman state, making it unlikely that
they could have overstruck Roman coins before their revolt.
The city surrendered to Rome after a long siege in 211 BC, and was punished
by the loss of its independence. The appointment of praefecti for Capua, resident
Roman officials, began in 318 BC, according to Livy, as part of the terms imposed
on Capua by the praetor L. Furius. Roman intervention, Livy says, was requested by
the Capuans themselves at a time of internal discord as a remedy for their
'disease'. 369 Festus gives a list of ten praefecturae which were established in
Campania but there is no indication of their date. 370 Sartori has argued that in 318 BC
four officers were sent to Capua, whose authority was later extended to Cumae and
soon after to other communities. They were appointed regularly to 211 BC. Their
function was to dispense justice among the Roman citizens of the Falerna tribus. 371
Capua was allowed to maintain its own Oscan institutions. Sartori suggested that
what Festus refers to is the establishment of ten praefecturae in Campania in 211
BC. In Capua, this office took over civic administration after the abolition of its own
institutions. Sherwin-White and Frederiksen, however, did not accept this
reconstruction of events. 72 Both argued that Livy does not imply that praefecti were
sent out regularly from 318 BC, but that they were a short-term appointment to
367 Crawford (1985) 62-5.
368 For overstrikes see Crawford (1985) appendix D 336-7 and Crawford (1974)105.
369 Livy 9.20.5.
370 Festus (L. 262) Capua, Cuma, Casilinum, Voltumum, Liternum, Puteoli, Acerrae, Suessula, Atella
and Calatium.
371 Sartori (1953) 165-7 1. See previous bibliography.
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