Marcus Licinius Privatus
Marcus Licinius Privatus was a freedman in Ostia who lived in the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries AD. He is best known for an inscription on a statue base from Ostia ( CIL 14, 374 ), which tells of his career, which is considered a typical example of the social advancement of a freedman. The statue was erected in his honor by his association ( corpus ).
Marcus Licinius Privatus was born a slave and later released. Shortly before the end of the 2nd century AD, he became chairman of the Association of Masons ( corpus fabrum tignuariorum ). He then became quinquennalis (a magistrate in the Roman colonies) from 200 to 204 . He donated 50,000 sesterces to the city and received the honorary title of bisellarius , which among other things gave him a place of honor in the theater. He then became an employee of the city council in Rome ( scriba decurialis ) and a member of the bakers' association. His son and grandson also managed to hold high offices.
literature
- Russell Meiggs: Roman Ostia . 2nd Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1973, ISBN 0-19-814810-0 , pp. 210, 561
- Dorothea Rohde : Between the individual and the municipality. The integration of collegia in port cities (= studies on ancient history. Volume 15). Verlag Antike, Mainz 2012, ISBN 978-3-938-03244-2 , p. 175.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Quinquennalis
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Page 22ff
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Licinius Privatus, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Privatus, Marcus Licinius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Freedman in Ostia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century |