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

The least fragmentary quaestor inscription is ST Po 3, Ve 11, Pi 11, Co 42, Bu 4,
SE 45 (1977) 326. (8.7 29, see map VI). It was found in the so-called Palaestra
Sannitica between the Temple of Isis and the Forum Triangolare. The nicely engraved
letters show the characteristics of the latest phase of the Oscan alphabet, according to
Conway. 727
v(iibis). aadirans. v(iibieis) eitiuvam. paam 2vereiiai. pümpaiianai. tristaa 3mentud.
deded. eisak. eitiuvad 4v(iibis). viinikiis. mr. kvaisstur. pump 5aiians. triibüm.
ekak. kümben 6nieis. tanginud. üpsannum 7deded. isiduin. prüfatted
The money, which Vibius Atranus son of Vibius gave in his will for the youth of
Pompeii, with this money Vibius Vinicius son of Maraeus, quaestor of Pompeii,
commissioned the construction of this building by the decree of the council. He
himself approved it.
The building in which the inscription was set up, the Curia of Isis, was described by
Nissen as a gymnasium 728 De Vos, however, points out that the building was too small
for such a purpose. 729 It was probably the seat of the Pompeian vereia, an organization
well known from Cumae. 730 The fact that the quaestor is involved shows that it was
public money which had been willed to the vereia. It is important to note that the office
of the quaestor is qualified by the adjective pompeianus. .
The next four inscriptions also mention single quaestors. The first, ST Po 4, Ve
12, Co 43, Bu 5, SE 45 (1977) 326 (7.1, see map VI), was found in the Stabian Baths
beneath the sundial. The name of the officer, Maraeus Atinius son of Maraeus, also
727
Conway (1897) 60.
728
Nissen (1877) 158. Also Della Corte (1924) 47-60.
729
De Vos (1982) 72.
730 See section 3.5.
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