Quintus Petronius Modestus

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Quintus Petronius Modestus (full name form Quintus Petronius Gai filius Pupinia Modestus ) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 1st century AD . Through three inscriptions that were found in Tergeste and that are dated to 98/102 AD, individual stations of his career are known.

Modestus had that of Primus Pilus in the legions I Adiutrix and XII Fulminata recorded in the inscription as the first position of his military career . Subsequently, he was (in this order) Tribunus militum of the Cohors V Vigilum and Tribune of the Cohors XII Urbana and the Cohors V Praetoria . He then became a procurator in the province of Hispania citerior ; this post was associated with an annual income of 200,000 sesterces .

Modestus was inscribed in the Pupinia tribe . He probably came from Tergeste, today's Trieste. The Roman theater of Trieste was built by him, as can be seen from the inscriptions ( dedit idemque dedicavit ) found nearby.

literature

  • Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les carrières procuratoriennes équestres sous le Haut-Empire Romain , Paris 1960, volume 1.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscriptions from Tergeste ( CIL 5, 534 , CIL 5, 535 , InscrIt-10-04, 00034 ).
  2. ↑ a b Hans-Georg Pflaum , Les Carrières, p. 147, no. 63.
  3. ^ Tergeste, Trieste (region X). www.theatrum.de, accessed on May 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Petronius Modestus, Quintus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century