Marcus Vettius Valens

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Marcus Vettius Valens (full name form Marcus Vettius Marci filius Aniensis Valens ) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 1st century AD . Individual stations in his career are known through an inscription that is dated to AD 66. His career is shown in the inscription in ascending order.

Life

Valens was likely born between 8 and 14 AD. He began his military career as a soldier in the Cohors VIII Praetoria . After that he was beneficiarius of a Praetorian prefect ; presumably this was Rufrius Pollio . He took part in the conquest of Britain around 43 and received the following military awards : Torques , Armillae and Phalerae . As Evocatus Augusti , he also received the corona aurea .

He was then promoted to Centurion and served in Rome in the following units: the Cohors VI Vigilum , the Cohors XVI Urbana and the Cohors II Praetoria . There he exercised another function ( centurioni statorum ). As the last station of his service in Rome he was commander of the mounted guard ( exercitatori equitum speculatorum ). Another inscription confirms Valens as a centurion: Quintus Vasselius Sabinus served four years as a soldier with the Cohors II Praetoria in the Centurie des Vettius Valens.

Subsequently, Valens was promoted to chief of staff of the provincial governor ( principi praetorii ) in the Legio XIII Gemina , which was stationed in the province of Pannonia . He was then transferred to the Legio VI Victrix in the rank of Primus Pilus , which was stationed in Spain. For his achievements in battles against the Asturians , he again received the Torques, Armillae and Phalerae awards.

Next became Valen's tribune ; the rise to knighthood was connected with it. He took over the management of the following units in Rome: the Cohors V Vigilum , the Cohors XII Urbana and the Cohors III Praetoria . Then he was again Primus Pilus, this time with the Legio XIIII Gemina , which was stationed in Britain. Most recently he was still procurator in the province of Lusitania ; this post was associated with an annual income of 200,000 sesterces . He then returned to his hometown and became a patron ( patrono coloniae ).

Origin and family

Valens was inscribed in the Aniensis tribe . He came from Ariminum , today's Rimini , where the inscription was found. The Marcus Vettius Marci filius Aniensis Valens listed in two other inscriptions is probably his son.

literature

  • Ségolène Demougin: Prosopographie des Chevaliers Romains Julio-Claudiens (43 av. J.–C. - 70 ap. J.–C.) , Collection de l'École Francaise de Rome 153, 1992, ISSN  0223-5099 , ISBN 2- 7283-0248-7 ( online ).
  • Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les carrières procuratoriennes équestres sous le Haut-Empire Romain , Paris 1960, volume 1.

Remarks

  1. ↑ According to Hans-Georg Pflaum, Valens was procurator in the province of Lusitania at the same time, when the later emperor Otho was governor there; presumably they wanted to give the young governor an experienced, older man to the side.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CIL 11, 395
  2. ↑ CIL 11, 6059
  3. ↑ a b c d Ségolène Demougin: Prosopography. 1992, pp. 486-489, No. 588.
  4. ↑ Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les Carrières , No. 32, pp. 74-75.
  5. ↑ CIL 11, 383 , CIL 11, 421
personal data
SURNAME Vettius Valens, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Valens, Marcus Vettius Marci filius Aniensis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 1st century