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

to the sanctuary, ST Po 16, Pocc. 107, Antonini (1983) 202-3,5 and attests a single
aedilis. The inscriptions date from the second part of the third century BC. 724
'n(a)r(a(hi)s). atiniis. mr. aidil. suvad. eitiuvad
vm(a)r(a(hi)s). atiniis. mr. aidil. suvad. eitiuvad
Maraeus Atinius son of Maraeus aedilis (built this altar) at his own expense.
Maraeus Atinius son of Maraeus aedilis (built this altar) at his own expense.
The inscriptions emphasise that the altar was set up with the magistrates' own money.
Another single aedilis is attested in ST Po 11, Ve 20, Co 53, Bu 12, SE 45 (1977) 327-8
which was inscribed on a travertine base, found in the House of the Faun (8.6.12, see
map VI), probably not its original location. The inscription is usually dated to the first
half of the second century BC.
v(iibis). sadiriis. v(iibieis). aidil
Vibius Sadrius son of Vibus aedilis
It is certain that the aedilis, V. Sadrius son of V, was the dedicator of the object set up
on the base, probably a statue of a deity.
Another fragment of an inscription, ST Po 32, on a stone altar preserves the letters
ai]dil[, and may represent another aedile.
ST Po1 shows that the office of the aedile was a Pompeian one, because the
aediles are under the authority of the meddix Pompeianus, who is undoubtedly a local
officer. In the public road-building inscriptions they appear as a pair, but as private
donators they act singly. Probably, comparing them to Rome, there were two annually
elected aediles. The role of the aediles at Rome in the Republic was to keep the streets,
market places and temples clean, and to ensure that Rome received her wheat and water
724 Canratelli (1979) 473. The dating of the inscriptions is guided by the dates of the construction of the
temple.
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