Tiberius Claudius Pollio

Tiberius Claudius Pollio was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 1st century AD . Individual stations in his career are known through an inscription dated 89/91. His career is shown in the inscription as cursus inversus , that is, in descending order. He is mentioned by Pliny the Younger in a letter ( Epistulae VII.31).

Pollio was prefect of an Ala Flavia milliaria (or according to Pliny an Ala milliaria ) who was stationed in the province of Syria at the beginning of the reign of Domitian (81-96) . Pliny, who at the same time served as Tribunus laticlavius in Legio III Gallica in Syria, later mentions him in a letter to Gaius Iulius Cornutus Tertullus . In the letter he writes that the governor gave him the task of checking the accounts of the ales and cohorts in the province and that, unlike some other units, there were no irregularities at Pollio.

After finishing his military career, Pollio took on positions in administration. At first he was praefectus gentium in Africa ; this post was linked to an annual income of 100,000 sesterces . He then became governor ( procurator ) in the province of Alpes Graiae . He then took over as Procurator Augusti, the management of the five percent inheritance tax ( vicesima hereditatium ); this post was associated with an annual income of 200,000 sesterces. The inscription also shows that Pollio exercised the priesthood of Flemish Carmentalis at an unspecified time .

After that, Pollio withdrew into private life. From the letter of Pliny it emerges, however, that he entered government services again for some time when he was selected by Quintus Corellius Rufus to help him with a land distribution ordered by Nerva (96-98). Pliny also mentions that Pollio wrote a biography about Lucius Annius Bassus .

literature

Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les carrières procuratoriennes équestres sous le Haut-Empire Romain , Paris 1960, volume 1.
Arthur Stein : Claudius 275 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 2842.

Remarks

↑ It is controversial whether only one or more units with this designation existed. Possibly the unit Pollio commanded was the Ala II Flavia .
↑ Hans-Georg Pflaum assumes that Pollio was Praefectus alae around 81/82 and that he was 28 to 30 years old at that time. According to him, Pollio is one of the few cases where the only known military command was the command of an ala milliaria .

Individual evidence

↑ Inscription ( CIL 6, 31032 ).
↑ Epistulae, VII.31
↑ ^a ^b ^c Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les Carrières , No. 54, pp. 124–126.
↑ 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. 112-114.

personal data
SURNAME	Claudius Pollio, Tiberius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH	1st century
DATE OF DEATH	2nd century

[AN1-3] It is controversial whether only one or more units with this designation existed. Possibly the unit Pollio commanded was the Ala II Flavia .

[AN2-4] Hans-Georg Pflaum assumes that Pollio was Praefectus alae around 81/82 and that he was 28 to 30 years old at that time. According to him, Pollio is one of the few cases where the only known military command was the command of an ala milliaria .

[IN1-1] Inscription ( CIL 6, 31032 ).

[ep-2] Epistulae, VII.31

[hgp-5] Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les Carrières , No. 54, pp. 124–126.

[jsp-6] 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. 112-114.