Quintus Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus

Quintus Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus was a knightly officer in the Roman army during the 2nd century AD. He came from the Gavier family in the country town of Caiatia, today's Caiazzo in Falernus ager in northern Campania .

The career of Quintus Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus could be reconstructed in many parts on the basis of inscriptions. As usual, he also went through the fixed stations of a chivalric career, just as the state reforms carried out for chivalric positions during the reign of Emperor Claudius (41–54) provided for. These primarily included the tres militiae , three military posts where the knight had to prove himself.

He took over his first command as cohort prefect of the Cohors III Thracum civium Romanorum equitata to torquata ("3rd partially mounted cohort of the Thracians Roman civil rights") in the Rhaetian Limes fort Gnotzheim (Castra Mediana) . An inscription for the goddess Diana Panthea , who names him, dredged up during construction work in the camp village in 1999 , he probably commissioned towards the end of his time in Gnotzheim.

[Nu] mini

[Di] anae Pa-

[n] theae

[Q (uintus)] Gavius

[F] ulvius

[Fa] lerna (tribu)

[Pr] oculus

[pr] aefectus

[c] oh (ortis) III <Thracum> c (ivium) R (omanorum)

[ex v] oto posuit

Translation: "Quintus Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus from the Falernische ( tribe ), prefect of the 3rd (Thracian) cohort of Roman citizens, established (this) on the basis of a vow for the work of the all-goddess Diana ."

The proximity of Quintus Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus to the Diana cult is explained by the proximity of Mons Tifata to his hometown. There was an important sanctuary to the goddess on this mountain. The prefect may have brought the worship of his patroness Diana from his Italian homeland to the Rhaetian Limes.

Other career stages of the officer are known from an honorary inscription (titulus honorarius) from his hometown, the Municipium Caiatia, of which he was the patron . Honored citizens of a community, like Gavius ​​Proculus, had various duties to assume. It was one of their tasks to provide financial support to local public construction activities and to organize festivals. According to the inscription, Gavius ​​was initially a military tribune of the Legio VIII Augusta in Upper Germanic Strasbourg (Argentorate) and then cohort tribune of the Cohors XV Voluntariorum civium romanorum pia fidelis ("15th cohort of Roman civil rights") in the Leiden-Roomburg (Matilo) fort on the Lower Germanic Limes . The command in Gnotzheim is not mentioned in this honorary inscription.

Q (uinto) Gavio Q (uinti) fil (io)

Q (uinti) nep (oti) Q (uinti) pro (nepoti)

Q (uinti) ents (epoti) Q (uinti) adn (epoti) Fa (lerna tribu)

Fulvio Proculo

trib (uno) coh (ortis) XV Vol (untariorum)

trib (uno) leg (ionis) VIII Aug (ustae)

decuriones et

Augustal (es) et popul (us)

Caiatinus patron (o)

munificentissimo

Translation: “To the extremely generous patron Quintus Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus, son of Quintus, grandson of Quintus, great-grandson of Quintus, great-great-grandson of Quintus and great-great-great-grandson of Quintus from the Falernian tribe, (former) tribune of the 15th cohort of voluntary Roman citizens and tribune 8th Legion Augusta. The parish council, the priests of the imperial cult and the Caiatin population (as donors). "

Quintus Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus can also be traced back to two military diplomas - both from 152 - when he commanded the Cohors XV Voluntariorum in his function as a tribune . The title of the cohort tribune was typical for units composed of Roman citizens. Otherwise, commanders of a cohort were addressed as prefects. The fully preserved document dated September 5, 152, which also names the then Lower Germanic governor and lawyer Publius Salvius Iulianus , was issued to Surodagus, the son of Surpogissus, who was retiring from military service. The second diploma for a Githiossis D […] has only been handed down in fragments.

The senator Quintus Gavius ​​Fulvius Tranquillus was most likely a son of Quintus Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus.

literature

• Claus-Michael Hüssen : Q. Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus - praefectus, tribunus, patronus. On the new discovery of a Diana inscription in Gnotzheim and on CIL X 4579. In: Germania . Vol. 79, No. 2, 2001, pp. 309-324.
• Claus-Michael Hüssen: Numini Dianae Pantheae - A newly discovered dedicatory inscription from Gnotzheim . In: The Archaeological Year in Bavaria 1999 (2000), pp. 46–47.

Remarks

1. ↑ Claus-Michael Hüssen: Q. Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus - praefectus, tribunus, patronus. On the new discovery of a Diana inscription in Gnotzheim and on CIL X 4579. In: Germania , Volume 79 (2), 2001, pp. 309-324; here: p. 316; AE 1999, 1182 .
2. ↑ Claus-Michael Hüssen: Numini Dianae Pantheae - A newly discovered dedicatory inscription from Gnotzheim . In: The Archaeological Year in Bavaria 1999 (2000), pp. 46–47; here: p. 47.
3. ↑ Claus-Michael Hüssen: Q. Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus - praefectus, tribunus, patronus. On the new discovery of a Diana inscription in Gnotzheim and on CIL X 4579. In: Germania , Volume 79 (2), 2001, pp. 309-324; here: p. 321.
4. ↑ CIL 10,4579 .
5. ↑ Claus-Michael Hüssen: Q. Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus - praefectus, tribunus, patronus. On the new discovery of a Diana inscription in Gnotzheim and on CIL X 4579. In: Germania , Volume 79 (2), 2001, pp. 309-324; here: p. 315.
6. ↑ Claus-Michael Hüssen: Q. Gavius ​​Fulvius Proculus - praefectus, tribunus, patronus. On the new discovery of a Diana inscription in Gnotzheim and on CIL X 4579. In: Germania , Volume 79 (2), 2001, pp. 309-324; here: p. 323.
7. ^ Andreas Pangerl, Werner Eck : New diplomas for the armies of Germania superior and Germania inferior. In: Journal of Papyrology and Epigraphy . Volume 148, 2004, pp. 259-268, here p. 265.
8. ^ AE 2004, 1911 .
9. ^ AE 2002, 1724 .