Marcus Gavius ​​Crispus Numisius Junior

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Marcus Gavius ​​Crispus Numisius Iunior (full name form Marcus Gavius ​​Marci filius Velina Crispus Numisius Iunior ) was a Roman politician living in the 2nd century AD . Individual stations of his career, which he completed in the second half of the 2nd century, are known through inscriptions. His career is in the inscriptions as cursus inversus , d. H. in descending order.

The first inscription was made by his wife, Priscilla. It emerges from it that Numisius Junior was initially a judge at a civil court as Decemvir Stlitibus Iudicandis . He then became Tribunus laticlavius in the Legio IIII Flavia Felix and was thus deputy of the legion commander. This was followed by civil offices: he became (in this order) quaestor , tribune ( tribunus plebis ) and praetor . As the next stage in his career, he took command of the Legio X Gemina as Legatus legionis . Then he was governor in the province of Lycia et Pamphylia . After assuming the post of consul for an unspecified year , he became governor in the province of Asia .

A second inscription was probably also made in honor of Numisius Junior. This inscription shows that he obtained the offices of quaestor, tribune and praetor with the support of the emperor ( candidatus ). A third inscription was made by his sister, Basilla, and daughter, Procula; it shows that the deceased was a member of the priesthood of the fetials . Numisius Junior was inscribed in the Velina Tribus .

An exact dating of the career of Numisius Junior is not possible.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ The inscription ( ZPE-37-31 ) was reconstructed from fragments by Werner Eck (1980); Fragments of other inscriptions in Greek provided additional knowledge, e.g. B. regarding his name.
  2. ↑ The inscription ( ZPE-131-251 ) was made by a Decurio of the Cohors I Flavia Numidarum . According to Werner Eck (2000), the Decurio was a former Cornicularius in the governor's office who wanted to thank the governor with the inscription that the governor had used the emperor for his promotion to the decurion.
  3. ↑ The name of the honoree is not preserved on the inscription. According to Werner Eck (2000), the career path in the two inscriptions largely corresponds, so that the assignment to Numisius Junior is justified.
  4. ↑ According to Werner Eck (2000) it is conceivable that Numisius Junior was either around 175/176 or around 215 proconsul of Lycia et Pamphylia when Marcus Aurelius or Caracalla visited provinces of Asia Minor.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscription ( ZPE-37-31 ).
  2. ↑ a b Werner Eck : Epigraphic studies on consuls and senators of the 1st-3rd centuries Jh. AD In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE), Volume 37 (1980), pp. 31-68, here pp. 31-40 ( online ).
  3. ↑ a b Werner Eck: M. Gavius ​​Crispus Numisius Junior as proconsul of Lycia-Pamphylia in an inscription from Perge In: ZPE, Volume 131 (2000), pp. 251-257, here pp. 254-257 ( online ).
  4. ↑ Inscription ( ZPE-131-251 ).
  5. ↑ Inscription ( CIL 14, 4238 ).
personal data
SURNAME Gavius ​​Crispus Numisius Junior, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gavius ​​Marci filius Velina Crispus Numisius Iunior, Marcus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd or 3rd century