Lucius Egnatius Quartus

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Lucius Egnatius Quartus (full name form Lucius Egnatius Luci filius Teretina Quartus ) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( eques ) living in the 2nd century AD . Individual stations of his career, which he probably completed in the first half of the 2nd century, are known through two inscriptions in Greek .

Life

His military career consisted of the usual tres militiae for a member of the equestrian order . First, as prefect , he took over the management of Cohors II Claudia , which was stationed in the province of Cappadocia . In the same province he also took over the post of a Praepositus of Ala I Augusta Gemina Colonorum as extraordinary command . He then became a tribune of the Legio VIII Augusta , which was stationed in Argentoratum in the province of Germania superior .

The end of his career, as far as it is known from the inscriptions, formed the command as prefect of an Ala Augusta . However, it is not entirely clear which of the units with this name were used in this case. But since the epithet "Augusta", unlike the Ala I Augusta Gemina Colonorum in the same inscription, was not translated into Greek as "Σεβαστή", but was simply transcribed as "Αὐγούστη" in Greek , it can be assumed that it is is a unit that was stationed in the west of the Roman Empire, so it was generally known by its Latin name. Egnatius Quartus is likely to have commanded either the Ala I Augusta Gallorum Proculeiana , which was stationed in the province of Britannia , or the Ala I Augusta Thracum , which was stationed either in Raetia or in Noricum at the time of his command .

Origin and family

Egnatius Quartus was inscribed in the Teretina tribe and came from either Acmonia or Temenothyrae (both in the province of Asia ), where an inscription was made for him. One inscription calls him "benefactor of the hometown", the other describes him as "friend of the hometown".

Possibly Egnatius Quartus is related to Egnatius Priscus, who is documented by an inscription for the first half of the 2nd century as procurator Augusti for the province of Noricum.

literature

  • Joachim Ott: The commanders of the Norican auxiliaries. In: Tyche . Contributions to ancient history, papyrology and epigraphy, Volume 10, 1995, pp. 107-138 ( PDF ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 6 (1932), number 174.
  2. ↑ a b c Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 6 (1932), number 167.
  3. ↑ a b c d Joachim Ott, Die Kommandeure, pp. 119–120.
  4. ↑ CIL 3, 11759
personal data
SURNAME Quartus, Lucius Egnatius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Quartus, Lucius Egnatius Luci filius Teretina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century