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moneylenders.<br />

615 The aediles used fines to build sanctuaries such as those <strong>of</strong> Victoria<br />

and Faunus (on the island <strong>of</strong> the Tiber), erect statues <strong>of</strong> deities or give games in honour<br />

<strong>of</strong> gods. 16 The annalistic record is confirmed by one or two inscriptions. 617 At Pompeii<br />

the quaestor spent the money on a sundial by order <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the town's councils and<br />

other inscriptions from Pompeii that mention the quaestor also show him acting under<br />

the direction <strong>of</strong> the two assemblies or councils. 618 Even at Rome, where the aediles<br />

appear to act independently, they must have secured senatorial approval <strong>for</strong> their<br />

dedications. The same was probably true at Nola, whose council (senatus) is mentioned<br />

by Livy and in the Cippus Abellanus.<br />

I turn now to the recently discovered boundary inscription ST Cm 48, from the territory<br />

<strong>of</strong> Nola. The text was first published by Rix; Poccetti's interpretation is <strong>for</strong>thcoming. It<br />

probably dates to the second half <strong>of</strong> the second century BC.<br />

k(e)r(rins). statiis. k(e)r(rineis) m. d. III<br />

pz. staiis pz. m.<br />

d. k<br />

p(a)k(is). kala[v]iis. p(a)k(ieis) m. d. [-? -]<br />

v(ibis). afj-4/6-] m. d. III<br />

tere[mna]ttens<br />

Cerinus Statius son <strong>of</strong> Cerinus m. d. III<br />

Pz Staius son <strong>of</strong> Pz m. d. k<br />

615 List based on Rathbone's compilation <strong>of</strong> sources in Livy: Rathbone (2003) 146, n. 36. Landholding: 7.<br />

16.9; 10.13.14; pasture: 10.23.13; 10.47.4; 33.42.10; 34.53.4,35.10.11-12; aedilician convictions<br />

<strong>for</strong> unspecified <strong>of</strong>fences: Livy 10.33.9; 27.6.19; 30.39.8; 31.50.2; 33.25.3. moneylenders: 7.28.9;<br />

10.23.11-12; 35.41.9-10; grain merchants: 38.35.5-6.<br />

616 Sanctuary <strong>of</strong> Victoria: Livy 10.33.9; sanctuary <strong>of</strong> Faunus: Livy 33.42.10; statues <strong>for</strong> deities: Livy 27.<br />

6.19; 30.39.8; 31.50.2. The Publicii brothers in 241 or 238 BC used money from fines to fund the<br />

Floralia and the building <strong>of</strong> clivus Publicus: Ovid Fasti 5.277-294; Varro, Ling. 5.158; Vell. Pat. 1.14.8.<br />

617 CIL I2 1496 = CIL XIV 3678 from Tibur: M. Scaudius C. f., C. Munatius T. f. aediles aere multatico.<br />

618 See section 6.2.1.4.<br />

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