Gaius Iulius Scapula

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Gaius Iulius Scapula was a Roman politician living in the 2nd century AD .

An inscription shows that Scapula was appointed consul designatus before Hadrian's death , while he was still governor ( Legatus Augusti pro praetore ) of the province of Galatia . He was a suffect consul ; his (partially preserved) name has been added to two (incompletely preserved) military diplomas which are dated October 30, 139. It is believed that the scapula of the diplomas is identical to the consul designatus of the inscription. The name of the second consul is not included in the diplomas. The two consuls probably took office on September 1st.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscription (IGR III 151).
  2. ↑ Paul Holder : Roman Military Diplomas V (= Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement 88), Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London 2006, pp. 794–795, no. 386, note. 8th.
  3. ↑ Military diplomas of the year 139 ( RMD 4, 261 , RMD 5, 386 ).
  4. ↑ Werner Eck : The Fasti consulares of the reign of Antoninus Pius. An inventory since Géza Alföldy's consulate and senatorial status In: Studia Epigraphica in memoriam Géza Alföldy, Bonn 2013, ISBN 978-3-7749-3866-3 , pp. 69–90, here p. 72 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Iulius Scapula, Gaius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman suffect consul (139)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century or 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century