Gaius Ostorius Tranquillianus

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Gaius Ostorius Tranquillianus was a member of the Roman knighthood ( eques ) living in the 2nd century AD .

Tranquillianus came from Rome. By military diplomas is evidence that he n. Chr. Commander of the year 153 Ala I Augusta Gallorum was that at this time in the province of Mauretania Tingitana was stationed. The leadership of the Ala was probably his third military command ( militia tertia ).

literature

  • 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.
  • Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: New military diplomas for the troops of the Mauritanian provinces In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE), Volume 153 (2005), pp. 187-206 ( online ).
  • Werner Eck, Andreas Pangerl: Further military diplomas for the Mauritanian provinces In: ZPE, Volume 162 (2007), pp. 235–247 ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Eck, Andreas Pangerl, New Military Diplomas, pp. 197, 199.
  2. ↑ ( RMD 5, 411 , RMM 34 , ZPE-153-199 , ZPE-162-244 )
  3. ↑ Werner Eck, Andreas Pangerl, Further Military Diplomas, p. 246.
  4. ^ Paul Holder, Roman Military Diplomas V, pp. 831–832, no. 411, note 5.
personal data
SURNAME Ostorius Tranquillianus, Gaius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century