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them. in Thrace Πομπέϊος is attested several times 96 as well as in lower
Moesia, where it is to be found among peregrines with a military career
or freedmen since the beginning of the second century. the fact that the
cognomen Saturninus is usually found among the names in the provinces
with constant military presents lead the authors to the conclusion that
q(uintus) pompei(us) Saturninus was a veteran or descendent of one. 97 the
military inscriptions show that the holders of Saturninus as cognomen, with
one exception, all have imperial romanization which quite natural for the
military. the only exception is [C(aius)?] Arto(rius) [Sa]tur(ninus) Sisc(ia)
ex d(uplicario) vet(eranus). 98
I think that q(uintus) pompei(us) Saturninus may not be a veteran
or son of one. the arguments for this suggestion are not based only on
the absence of pompei(us) Saturninus among the military, but also on the
specific notion of that combination which is unique for thrace and quite
rare in the provinces.
It is well known that the name of Saturninus was commonly used
in pannonia for freedmen or slaves. 99 the combination of pompeius and
Saturninus normally would lead to a roman citizen of Asia Minor origin,
but not a military one. In the case of the specific praenomen q(uintus), the
eastern Asia Minor origin as well as the nature of the name of Saturninus
itself allows us to suggest that q(uintus) pompei(us) Saturninus might not
be a veteran or descendent of such, but a freedmen or descendent of one.
this goes well with his participation in the Sacred Gerisia in philippopolis,
bearing in mind other Gerusia examples where ‘ordinary people’ (δημόται),
freedmen and πατρὸς ἀδήλο might be found. 100
Others
the inscriptions from philippopolis and its territory occasionally
reveal the names of the people holding various other administrative offices.
For example, we know of a statue set up by the Cendrisian tribe and
ἐπιμελουμένου Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀπολλωνίδου Αἰλ(ίου) Οὐάλεντος. 101 Despite
96 see for instance Φλ(αβίος) [Πομπείος Μοντανος] – αʹ {πρώτου} ἄρχοντος of
serdica – iGBulg. iV, 1908, 1909, 1926; iGBulg. V, 5676 (161–163 Ad); Μ(ᾶρκος)
Πομπ[έϊ]ο̣ς Λούκιος, βενε̣[φ]ικιάριος – iGBulg. i2 , 2 4(2).
97 KArADIMItroVA, Kr., IlIeVA, p., 2003, 211; for spreading see recently
MInKoVA 2000, 247-248.
98 Conrad 2004, n. 264.
99 See KoloSoVSKAyA 1973, 159.
100 See ShArAnKoV 2004b, 205; olIVer 1958, 476-478, 495.
101 ShArAnKoV 2005, 62.