Original scientific paper

The Atilii in Asseria

Silvia Bekavac ; Department of Archaeology, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Ivo Glavaš orcid.org/0000-0001-9576-6495 ; Ministry of Culture's Conservation department in Šibenik, Šibenik, Croatia

Abstract

This paper studies the distribution of the Atilii family on the territory of Asseria. The discussion is based on a newly discovered inscription from Asseria, first published in this paper. It is a sepulchral monument dedicated to Sextus Atilius Rufus, associated with Sextus Atilius, a veteran of the Seventh Roman Legion, mentioned on an Iader inscription from the first half of the first century AD. By associating the two inscriptions we obtain relevant information on the expansion of the Atilii family from Iader into Asserian territory, confirming the existence of the family in Asseria’s social structure. The most prominent person from the family was Publius Atilius Aebutianus, to whom the citizens of Asseria erected a monument. Therefore, in this paper his origins are directly associated with the analysed territory. As he also achieved the highest equestrian rank as a praetorian prefect, the economic rise of the Atilii family and its development in the 1st and 2nd centuries are studied.

Keywords

Asseria; Sextus Atilius; Sextus Atilius Rufus; Publius Atilius Aebutianus; the Atilii

Hrčak ID:

82708

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/82708

Publication date:

25.5.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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