Publius Aelius Marcianus

Publius Aelius Marcianus (full name form Publius Aelius Publi filius Palatina Marcianus ) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 2nd century AD . Individual stations of his career are known through an inscription.

The military career of Marcianus initially consisted of the usual tres militiae for a member of the knightly class . He was initially prefect of the Cohors I Augusta Bracarum and at the same time Praepositus des Numerus Illyricorum , both of whom were stationed in the province of Dacia inferior . The second stage was the post of a tribune of the Cohors Aelia Expedita , who was stationed in Mauretania Caesariensis . He then became Prefect of Ala Augusta II Thracum and at the same time Praepositus of Ala Gemina Sebastena , both of whom were also stationed in Mauretania Caesariensis .

Marcianus then took over as Praepositus command of two fleets that were stationed in the east of the Roman Empire: the Classis Syriaca , whose home port was Seleukia Pieria , and a Classis Augusta . Most recently he was still prefect of the Classis Moesiatica ; this post was associated with an annual income of 60,000 sesterces .

In Eburacum , today's York, a Weihaltar with an inscription was found, which was donated by a cohort prefect named Publius Aelius Marcianus . The unit he commanded is not indicated in the inscription; possibly the Cohors I Augusta Bracarum .

Marcianus was inscribed in the tribe of Palatina .

See also

• List of prefects of the Roman fleets

Web links

• 3702 - Publius Aelius Marcianus. Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB), accessed December 26, 2019 . 

literature

• Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les carrières procuratoriennes équestres sous le Haut-Empire Romain , Paris 1960, volume 1.
• Paul von Rohden : Aelius 89 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, column 525.

Remarks

1. ^ The dating of Marcianus' career is controversial.
2. ↑ The presentation of this part of the career follows Margaret M. Roxan .
3. ↑ It is controversial whether Marcianus is identical to the Publius Aelius Marcianus in Britain.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Inscription ( CIL 8, 9358 ).
2. ^ ^{A b} Margaret M. Roxan : The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula. Dissertation, 1973 Volume 1 ( PDF ) Volume 2 ( PDF ), pp. 414–418, 735.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les Carrières , No. 125, pp. 303-304.
4. ↑ Inscription ( RIB 649 ).