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Roman veterans and the city institutions of Philippopolis... 569
this section includes all the offices that were held by former military
whose military career was actually a necessary step in their cursus
honorum on their way to high administrative positions in the empire. one
of them is Λ(ούκιος) Κάσσιος Λ(ουκίου) υ(ἱὸς) Κυρ(είνα) Σεου̣ῆ̣ρ̣ος, a
prefect of cohors IV thracum and the fleet at ravenna. he completed his
carrier as ἐπίτροπος τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Μακεδονίας καὶ Θρᾴκης ἔπαρχον. 154
unfortunately, the origin of l. Cassius Severus remains unclear, but it is
highly probable that the economic prosperity of philippopolis was one of
the reasons to settle here. the other example is about are the members of
the Virdii, mentioned above.
The epigraphic monuments reveal Αὐρηλίος Μουκιανος Εἰουλιανοῦ
πρητωριανος who was most probably magister vici. 155 he was not only
a praetorian, but also a descendent of veteran who received his roman
citizenship and roman names after completion military service under the
Aelii – hadrian or Antoninus pius. this veteran should be assigned to that
group of Aelii veterans known from philippopolis and its territory, some of
which were promoted and involved into the city’s governance.
Conclusion
After this analysis of the onomastics available from the ruling class in
philippopolis some conclusions can be made. Attention was paid mainly to
these inscriptions and examples dated before 214, since after that year the
peregrines with roman names and veterans could be quite easily confused,
especially in thrace.
the results achieved in the course of the study shed light on the level of
romanization of the individuals, but they do not reflect the real involvement
of the veterans into the governing institutions. By studying the epigraphic
material available we can only trace which offices were more attractive for
the veterans, which offices they were allowed and to which offices they
were promoted; the results here are only a statistic example.
It is well known that one of the main aims of the veterans after honesta
missio is to achieve high social status and involvement into the ruling class
of the cities. Since we know of just a few such examples, it is accepted
in the bibliography that this is due to financial qualifications of the cities
154 See BotuŠAroVA 1985, 1, 13-23; IGBulg. V, 5410; SeG 35. 892.
155 IGBulg. III, 1, 1535, 1536.