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

appears on the altar found in temple of Dionysus at Sant'Abbondio. Thus, the altar and
the sundial inscriptions date from the same period, the second half of the third century
BC. 731
m(a)r(a(hi)s). atiniis. mr[. ] kvaisstur. eitiuvad 2mnltasikad[.
] kümbennieis.
tangi(nud) 3aamanaffed
Maraeus Atinius son of Maraeus, quaestor, commissioned (this sundial) with
money raised from fines, by the decree of the council.
We have already seen inscriptions dedicated by magistrates of Nola, the meddices
degetasii, with money raised from fines in section 5.4.1. It has also been noted that at
Rome the aediles seemed to have performed a similar function.
The second inscription is ST Po 14, Ve 18, Co 52, Bu 6, Pi 12F, SE 45 (1977) 327.
(7.7, see map VI). It is part of the mosaic pavement of the cella of the temple of Apollo
in the Forum of the town, which was laid in the middle of second century BC. 732
ü. kamp[aniis. - kv]aisstur. kiimbennieis [t]a[nginu]d appellunieis. eitiuv[ad.
pavmentü. Ups]annü. aaman[affjed
Ovius Camp[anius son of ? ], quaestor, by the decree of the council with the money
of Apollo commissioned the building of (the pavement).
The quaestor is attested here because he handles public money, perhaps from fines,
dedicated to Apollo. 733
731 Carratelli (1979) 473.
732 Lo Cascio (1986) 12.
733
Parallels in Latin: CIL I2 680, CIL 11 569.
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