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

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Bantina, an Oscan constitution, is similar. It meant `magistrate' in general, but it<br />

must be pointed out that this text draws on the Roman practice. 403<br />

Occasional references suggest that the <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> meddix tuticus was annual: Cn.<br />

Magius Atellanus, qui in eo anno meddix tuticus Brat; 404 medix tuticus, qui summus<br />

magistratus apud Campanos est, eo anno Seppius Loesius erat. 405 Sources mention<br />

only one Campanian meddix luticus at a time, which supports that idea that the <strong>of</strong>fice<br />

was single. It is there<strong>for</strong>e possible to reconstruct the fasti <strong>of</strong> Campanian meddices<br />

tutici <strong>for</strong> a few years during the Second Punic War:<br />

217 BC: Pacuvius Calavius (summus magistratus) 406<br />

216 BC: Marius Blossius (praetor Campanus)407<br />

215 BC: Marius Alfius (meddix tuticus, summus magistratus)408<br />

214 BC: Cn. Magius Atellanus (meddix tuticus)409<br />

211 BC: Seppius Loesius (meddix tuticus)410<br />

The practice <strong>of</strong> using the names <strong>of</strong> the chief magistrates to denote the year was<br />

standard practice in the non-monarchic states <strong>of</strong> the Greco-Roman world.<br />

Personal names that occur in sources relating to Capua can also help. The<br />

cognomina <strong>of</strong> Cn. Magius Atellanus and Vestia Oppia Atellana indicate that they<br />

were from Atella. 41 1 The fact that someone from Atella could become meddix tuticus<br />

<strong>of</strong> Capua can be explained in several ways. The most popular is that Atella was part<br />

<strong>of</strong> the so-called Capuan league. 412 Alternatively, Frederiksen suggested that Magius<br />

403 ST Lu 1, Craw<strong>for</strong>d (1996) 271-292, no. 13.<br />

404 Livy 24.19.2.<br />

405 Livy 26.6.13.<br />

406 Livy 23.2.3.<br />

407 Livy 23.7.8.<br />

408 Livy 23.35.17.<br />

409 Livy 24.19.2.<br />

410 Livy 26.6.13.<br />

411 Vestia Oppia Atellana: Livy 26.33.8.<br />

412 Frederiksen (1984) 141.<br />

114

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