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Numerous bearers of this gens name also appear outside Samnium. Pz
(Pacius? ) Staius son of Pz (Pacius) is attested on a boundary stone from the territory
of Nola as a member of a committee of four magistrates.
301 Staii are attested in Latin
inscriptions at Larinum, Beneventum, Luceria, Minturnae, Aeclanum and in the
territory of Paeligni. 302 We also find Staii amongst the inhabitants of Delos. In the
early second century BC, Minatus Staius son of Ovius and Caius Staius son of Ovius,
perhaps brothers, were benefactors of the local temple of
Sarapis. 303
The inventory of the temples of -Apollo and Artemis of Delos records the
donation of a gold crown to Apollo and a silver crown to Artemis by Minatus Statius
son of Minatus of Cumae presumably in return for economic success. 304 Appian tells
us that Statius `the Samnite, who had had great influence with the Samnites during
the Social War and who had been raised to the rank of a Roman senator for his noble
deeds, his wealth, his lineage, and who was not eighty years of age, was proscribed
on account of his riches' in 43 BC. 305 Statii are also found in Campania: Cerrinus
Statius son of Cerrinus is known as a magistrate at Nola. 306 Another Statius appears
in a fragmentary inscription from Abella. 307
The above list of members of genres provides further evidence for the
geographic dispersion of kinship groups in ancient Italy. The names reveal the ties
between the Samnite heartland and Campania. One pattern can be also observed:
several genres whose members held important offices in the Pentrian state also
appear among the political elite of other territories, such as the gens Satria, who
301 ST Cm 48. See section 5.3.1: Administrative institutions of Nola and Abella.
302
Larinum: CIL IX 6251; Beneventum: CIL IX 1971; Luceria: CIL IX 816; Minturnae: CIL 12 2702;
Aeclanum: CIL IX 1169,1311,1498; Paeligni: CIL IX 3080.
303 Wilson (1966) 117.
304 ID (1929) 442 B147, ID (1929) 443 Bb64, ID (1935) 1403 Bb 1191, ID (1935) 1432 Ab 130 and
ID (1935) 1443 A1 123 mention Mivarros Mivätov Ti Atos Pwµaioc ix Kvµrls. Tt A tog has
been identified as Staius. by Münzer in RE, under Staius.
soy Appian B. C. 4.25. Wiseman (1971) nr. 414.
306 ST Cm 48 and also section 5.3.1: Administrative institutions of Nola and Abella.
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