Quintus Postumius Lepidinus

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Quintus Postumius Lepidinus was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 3rd century AD .

An inscription dated 201/250 proves that Lepidinus was prefect of a cavalry unit ( praefectus equitum ); the unit is likely to have been the Ala I Thracum Veterana , which was stationed in the province of Pannonia Inferior at the time.

Remarks

  1. ↑ On the tombstone only the rank, but not the name of the unit that Lepidinus commanded, is given. Both John EH Spaul and Zsolt Mráv assume that Lepidinus commanded the Ala I Thracum Veterana , as the tombstone was found near Campona Fort , where the Ala was presumably stationed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscription ( CIL 3, 3411 ).
  2. ↑ John EH Spaul : Ala. The Auxiliary Cavalry Units of the Pre-Diocletianic Imperial Roman Army. Nectoreca Press, Andover 1994, ISBN 0-9525062-0-3 , pp. 223, 225.
  3. ↑ Zsolt Mráv : Ala I Thrac (um) vet (erana) cui preest [A] elius Publianus [p (rimi)] p (ilus) leg (ionis) II Ad [i (utricis)]. In: Specimina nova Universitatis Quinqueecclesiensis XIX (2005), pp. 61–70, here pp. 64–65 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Postumius Lepidinus, Quintus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century or 3rd century
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century