Sallustius Bonosus

Flavius Iulius Sallustius Bonosus is the name of the Roman consul of the year 344 adopted by a part of modern ancient historical research. Some other researchers, however, assume that Flavius Bonosus and Iulius Sallustius were two different people, both in the year 344 held the consulate.

Sources

The names Sallustius and Bonosus are attested on inscriptions and papyri as well as in laws from the Codex Theodosianus and on various consular fasts . The name Bonosus only appears on inscriptions from the west of the Roman Empire, namely those from Rome , Italy and Dalmatia . In addition, he - or at least people with the name Bonosus - is mentioned in a law of the Codex Theodosianus (5,6,1) and appears on brick stamps from the province of Pannonia superior . Sallustius appears much more often. His name appears next to that of Domitius Leontius on all consular fasts (such as the chronograph from 354 ), it appears in laws, on inscriptions and on papyri.

Attempt a biography

Flavius Bonosus was a Roman consul .

Bonosus was appointed consul together with Domitius Leontius in 344 AD . His career up to this point is unclear, but he seems to have been magister militum (army master) before and to have had the rank of vir perfectissimus . As a consul he is only mentioned on a few inscriptions from Rome , Italy and Dalmatia ; H. from the west of the Roman Empire, which at that time was under the rule of Constans . In April or May, however, Bonosus was replaced as consul and replaced by Iulius Sallustius . The reasons for the discontinuation are completely in the dark.

In a law of the year 347 a bonosus is mentioned as magister equitum (master of the cavalry) under Constantius II , who could be identical with Flavius Bonosus. However, this seems uncertain, as the removal of a consul often meant that he could no longer attain office and dignity and that he was condemned ( damnatio memoriae ) after his death .

Source editions

Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL). Consilio et auctoritate Academiae Litterarum Regiae Borussicae editum. 17 volumes. de Gruyter, Berlin 1.1862 ff. (Reimer, Berlin 1862–1925).
Giovanni Battista de Rossi : Inscriptiones christianae Urbis Romae septimo saeculo antiquiores (ICUR). Volume 1: Rome 1861; Volume 2: Rome 1888.
Ernst Diehl : Inscriptiones Latinae Christianae veteres (ILCV). 3 volumes. Weidmann, Berlin 1924–1931.

literature

Roger S. Bagnall , Alan Cameron , Seth R. Schwartz, Klaas A. Worp: Consuls of the Later Roman Empire . Scholars Press, Atlanta / Georgia 1987, ISBN 1-55540-099-X , p. 222.
Arnold Hugh Martin Jones , John Robert Martindale, John Morris : Flavius Bonosus 4. In: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1971, ISBN 0-521-07233-6 , p. 164.
Otto Seeck : Bonosus 2) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 714.
Otto Seeck : Sallustius 24) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IA, 2, Stuttgart 1920, Sp. 1958 f.

Remarks

↑ Extensive compilation of all sources in Bagnall, Cameron, Schwartz, Worp, Consuls of the Later Roman Empire , p. 222.
^ From Rome: ICUR 1.79 = ILCV 3797. From Italy: CIL 11, 4030 = ILCV 3227; CIL 11,4031 = ILCV 3227a; CIL 11, 4032 ; CIL 10, 478 = Hermann Dessau , Inscriptiones Latinae selectae 6114; Inscriptiones Christianae Italiae septimo saeculo antiquiores 4.12. Dalmatia: CIL 3, 9563 = ILCV 3042.
↑ CIL 3.4669a-b; 11376a-g.
↑ Codex Theodosianus 12: 1, 37; 8,10,2; 13.4.3.
↑ From Rome: ICUR ns 8,21600 = ILCV 2817; ICUR suppl. 1449; ICUR ns 4.11752; ICUR 1.80. From Italy: CIL 9, 7788 = ILCV 2960.
↑ P. Princ. II 81.1 = III 181; P. Abinn. 2.10; P. Panop. 19 ie 3; xa 6; 19 iii. b. 4th
↑ Under this form of name in CIL 10, 478 , otherwise only Bonosus .
↑ Cf. PLRE I, p. 164 with a compilation of the inscribed sources.
↑ Cf. compilation of the inscriptions in Bagnall, Cameron, Schwartz, Worp, Consuls of the Later Roman Empire , p. 222. Seeck, in: RE III, 1, Col. 714 (“recognized as such only in Italy”) is to correct.
↑ Codex Theodosianus 5,6,1. So also PLRE I, p. 164 and Seeck, in: RE III, 1, Sp. 714.
↑ See Bagnall, Cameron, Schwartz, Worp, Consuls of the Later Roman Empire , p. 222.

personal data
SURNAME	Bonosus, Sallustius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bonosus, Flavius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	roman consul 344
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century or 4th century
DATE OF DEATH	4th century

[1] Extensive compilation of all sources in Bagnall, Cameron, Schwartz, Worp, Consuls of the Later Roman Empire , p. 222.

[2] From Rome: ICUR 1.79 = ILCV 3797. From Italy: CIL 11, 4030 = ILCV 3227; CIL 11,4031 = ILCV 3227a; CIL 11, 4032 ; CIL 10, 478 = Hermann Dessau , Inscriptiones Latinae selectae 6114; Inscriptiones Christianae Italiae septimo saeculo antiquiores 4.12. Dalmatia: CIL 3, 9563 = ILCV 3042.

[3] CIL 3.4669a-b; 11376a-g.

[4] Codex Theodosianus 12: 1, 37; 8,10,2; 13.4.3.

[5] From Rome: ICUR ns 8,21600 = ILCV 2817; ICUR suppl. 1449; ICUR ns 4.11752; ICUR 1.80. From Italy: CIL 9, 7788 = ILCV 2960.

[6] P. Princ. II 81.1 = III 181; P. Abinn. 2.10; P. Panop. 19 ie 3; xa 6; 19 iii. b. 4th

[7] Under this form of name in CIL 10, 478 , otherwise only Bonosus .

[8] Cf. PLRE I, p. 164 with a compilation of the inscribed sources.

[9] Cf. compilation of the inscriptions in Bagnall, Cameron, Schwartz, Worp, Consuls of the Later Roman Empire , p. 222. Seeck, in: RE III, 1, Col. 714 (“recognized as such only in Italy”) is to correct.

[10] Codex Theodosianus 5,6,1. So also PLRE I, p. 164 and Seeck, in: RE III, 1, Sp. 714.

[11] See Bagnall, Cameron, Schwartz, Worp, Consuls of the Later Roman Empire , p. 222.