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

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attested, it would follow that the Fagifulae meddix was probably the meddix tuticus<br />

with the qualifying adjective omitted. However, the tile is fragmentary and the<br />

filiation <strong>of</strong> the <strong>of</strong>ficer is lost, so we cannot be sure that it is the same man rather than<br />

a homonym or relation. It is possible that the meddix in the Fagifulae inscription was<br />

a local magistrate. The interpretation <strong>of</strong> this case must remain open <strong>for</strong> now.<br />

2.4.3. Other <strong>of</strong>fices<br />

Other public <strong>of</strong>fices are also attested in Samnium. A fragmentary stone inscription<br />

from Valle di Comino in Barrea, north <strong>of</strong> Aufidena, apparently from a temple, attests<br />

some aediles: ST Sa 14, Ve 143, Co 178, Pi 35C, RIGI 11 (1927) 293.<br />

-? -]s: 2 [.?. m]inieis: 3[.?. ga]avieis: aidili [s: 4 -? ]m: peessli m: 5 -? - p]rüfatt<br />

[ens]<br />

[... ] son <strong>of</strong> []s, [... ] son <strong>of</strong> Minius [... ] son <strong>of</strong> Gavius aediles [... ] the<br />

podium [... ]approved (it).<br />

This is our only record <strong>of</strong> the aedileship among the Pentri. 274 The exact location <strong>of</strong><br />

the temple is not known. The title aidili[s] is -clearly borrowed from Latin 275<br />

Presumably there were at least three aediles in this community or possibly four. As at<br />

Rome and Pompeii, they were inferior to the chief magistracy.<br />

Another inscription records a censor in Samnium. ST Sa 4, Ve 149, Co 169, Bu 50,<br />

Strazzulla 3, SE 42 (1974) 373,1.<br />

274 Camporeale draws attention to the problems <strong>of</strong> reading the word as singular or plural: (1957) 48-9.<br />

275 Camporeale (1957) 47.<br />

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