Original scientific paper
Veterani qui militaverunt sub P. Memmio Regulo (ad CIL 3, 2028 = 8753)
Nikola Cesarik
orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-0687
; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti Zavod za povijesne i društvene znanosti u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Abstract
With the aid of several manuscripts, the knowledge about the nowadays lost inscription from Salona – erected in the honour of L. Praecilius Clemens Iulianus, primipilaris and prefectus castrorum of legio V Macedonica – has been preserved (CIL 3, 2028 = 8753). Through the
mediation of several individuals (probably three), the monument was erected by veterani qui militaverunt sub P. Memmio Regulo legato Augusti et missi sunt Q. Futio Lusio Saturnino M. Seio Varano consulibus, and considering the dating of the said consular pair (beginning of Claudius’ reign), the inscription has been linked with the statement of Pliny the Elder that the emperor Claudius had settled the veterans in Siculi. The author rejects such a possibility and concludes that the mentioned veterans were not settled in the area of Dalmatia, which was probably the reason why they appointed assignees to erect the honorary monument in the area of Salona.
Keywords
Salona; patron; veterans; legio V Macedonica; Moesia; P. Memmius Regulus
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247201
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Publication date:
1.12.2020.
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