Felix Asinianus

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Dedication inscription of the state slave Felix Asinianus to the good goddess (Bona Dea) from the 1st century ( CIL 06 68 )

Felix Asinianus was a state slave ( publicus ) and served the pontifices in Rome. He lived in the first half of the 1st century and suffered from a serious eye disease that doctors could not successfully treat. Felix Asinianus was finally healed in the sanctuary of Bona Dea , after a ten-month treatment period, through the care of the priestess Canniae Fortunatae . As a token of his gratitude, the fully recovered Felix Asinianus sacrificed the previously praised white heifer and also had a dedication inscribed in the temple of Bona Dea on the Aventine .

literature

  • Meghan J. DiLuzio: A Place at the Altar: Priestesses in Republican Rome , ed. Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2016, ISBN 9-780-69116957-6, The Sacerdotes and Antistites of Bona Dea , here pp. 96-97

Remarks

  1. ↑ CIL 06, 68


personal data
SURNAME Asinianus, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman state slave
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC BC or 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 1st century