Quintus Tarquitius Catulus
Quintus Tarquitius Catulus was at an unspecified time in the 2nd / 3rd. Century AD Imperial legacy (governor) in the Roman province of Lower Germany . His residence was the praetorium in the provincial capital, the Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium , today's Cologne .
His name and its function are only known from a dedicatory inscription that was found in 1630 in the area of the praetorium in the "Zelandtisches Haus" in Bürgerstraße. The stone is exhibited in the Praetorium today. The inscription reads:
" Dis Conser / vatorib (us) Q (uintus) Tar / quitius Catul / us leg (atus) Aug (usti) cuiu (s) / cura praeto [r] / ium in ruina [m co] / nlapsum ad [no] / vam faciem [est] / restitut [um] "
" To the gods, the preserving one, Quintus Tarquitius Catulus, legate of the emperor, through whose care the praetorium, which had fallen in ruins, has been restored in a new form ."
Although Q. Tarquitus Catulus must have previously been at least praetor within the framework of the senatorial official career (des cursus honorum ) , he is only known from this inscription so far. He donated the aforementioned renovation of the Praetorium at his own expense ( euergetism ). The inscription makes it possible to identify the large Cologne building as the governor's palace.
literature
- Werner Eck : Cologne in Roman times. History of a city under the Roman Empire. Greven-Verlag, Cologne 2004, p. 483. ISBN 3-7743-0357-6
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Wilhelm Brewer: Inscriptiones Hersellenis. Cologne 1820, p. 47 ( online ).
- ↑ CIL 13, 8170
- ^ Translation after Gerta Wolff: The Roman-Germanic Cologne . 5th edition, Bachem-Verlag, Cologne 2000, p. 180.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tarquitius Catulus, Quintus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman governor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1st century and 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 2nd century and 4th century |