Tiberius Claudius Ulpianus

Tiberius Claudius Ulpianus was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 2nd century AD .

A dedicatory inscription proves that Ulpianus was tribune of the Cohors I Cilicum in 147 , which was stationed in the province of Moesia inferior at that time .

The inscription shows that Tiberius Claudius Saturninus , the governor of the province, gave Ulpianus the task of catching wild animals for the emperor ( ob venationem Caesarianam iniunctam a Claudio Saturnino legato Augusti pro praetore ). Presumably, the animals were to be caught for the celebrations next year, which were planned to mark the 900th year of Rome's founding.

Ulpianus carried out the order with the help of soldiers from the Legions I Italica and XI Claudia and members of the fleet ( cum vexillationibus legionum I Italicae XI Claudiae classis Flaviae Moesicae ). Apparently he was successful with his venture, because he claims that he caught bears and bison ( ursis et visontibus prospere captis ); afterwards he dedicated an altar to the goddess of the hunt, Diana , on which he had the inscription attached.

Remarks

^ According to François Bérard, no soldiers from the Cohors I Cilicum were involved, otherwise they would be mentioned in the inscription; the tribune of the cohort was presumably chosen by the governor himself for this assignment. Bérard estimates that the hunting party consisted of around 200 people.

Individual evidence

^ AE 1987, 867
↑ Florian Matei-Popescu: The Roman Army in Moesia Inferior , Conphys Publishing House, Bucharest, 2010, ISBN 978-973-750-177-6 , p. 202 ( online ).
↑ François Bérard, La cohorte I a Cilicum, la classis Flavia Moesica et les Vexillatio de l'armée de Mesie inférieure: À propos d'une inscription de Montana In: Journal of Papyrology and epigraphy , Volume 79 (1989), p 129 -138, here pp. 129-130, 136-137 ( online ).

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

[AN1-4] According to François Bérard, no soldiers from the Cohors I Cilicum were involved, otherwise they would be mentioned in the inscription; the tribune of the cohort was presumably chosen by the governor himself for this assignment. Bérard estimates that the hunting party consisted of around 200 people.

[IN1-1] AE 1987, 867

[fmp-2] Florian Matei-Popescu: The Roman Army in Moesia Inferior , Conphys Publishing House, Bucharest, 2010, ISBN 978-973-750-177-6 , p. 202 ( online ).

[fb-3] François Bérard, La cohorte I a Cilicum, la classis Flavia Moesica et les Vexillatio de l'armée de Mesie inférieure: À propos d'une inscription de Montana In: Journal of Papyrology and epigraphy , Volume 79 (1989), p 129 -138, here pp. 129-130, 136-137 ( online ).