Tiberius Claudius Zeno Ulpianus

Tiberius Claudius Zeno Ulpianus was a member of the Roman knighthood ( eques ) living in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD . Individual stations of his career, which he completed in the late 2nd century and early 3rd century, are known through a marble inscription from Pesaro .

Life

The military career of Zeno Ulpianus began with the tres militiae customary for a member of the equestrian order ; in his case it was three consecutive posts as commanders of auxiliary forces . First he took over as prefect the management of the Cohors I Asturum , which was stationed in the province of Noricum . Then he became tribune of the Cohors I Flavia Brittonum , which was also stationed in Noricum. The conclusion was formed by the command as prefect of the Ala I Claudia Miscellanea , which was stationed in the province of Moesia superior .

Thereafter, Zeno Ulpianus became secretary and assistant to a senatorial legate at a census ( adiutor ad census ). This post was associated with an annual income of 60,000 sesterces . He was also accepted into the advisory staff of the Praetorian Prefect and the City Prefect of Rome , which was a special distinction and - as his previously mentioned post - could indicate special legal knowledge. Next he was entrusted with the post of managing confiscated assets ( procurator bonorum damnatorum ). Afterwards he was responsible for paving the streets in Rome ( procurator silicum viarum sacrae urbis ). Both positions were also associated with an annual income of 60,000 sesterces.

The next step in his career was deputy commander of the fire brigade ( subpraefectus vigilibus ) with an annual income of 100,000 sesterces. Most recently he was appointed administrator of the imperial private fortune in central and northern Italy ( procurator privatae regionis Ariminensium ), with the same annual income. In addition, his patronage over the city of Pisaurum , today's Pesaro, is mentioned in the honorary inscription ( patronus coloniae Pisaurensium ). The connection to this place was possibly created through his last office.

A clue for the dating of the career and life of Tiberius Claudius Zeno Ulpianus is his responsibility for confiscated assets. This office only existed under Emperor Septimius Severus , who in the last years of the 2nd century punished numerous followers of his defeated adversary Clodius Albinus by confiscating their property. At the usual speed of a chivalric career, Zeno Ulpianus' first military posts could then fall in the second half of the 180s.

family

Nothing is known about the origin and ancestors of Zeno Ulpianus. Hans-Georg Pflaum took the view that the career of Zeno Ulpianus, which took place over long stretches in the city of Rome and otherwise always took him to relatively central regions, indicates an Italian or even urban Roman origin. His first cognomen Zeno could, however, indicate that he came from the east of the Roman Empire. It is possible that he was originally of Eastern origin, but then settled on Italian soil.

A Tib (erius) Claudius Zeno is known from a building inscription from Volubilis , who was tribune of the Cohors IV Tungrorum there. His activity there can be dated to the reign of Severus Alexander (222-235), so that it was possibly a son or grandson of Tiberius Claudius Zeno Ulpianus.

literature

• Hubert Devijver : Prosopographia militiarum equestrium quae fuerunt from Augusto ad Gallienum (= Symbolae. Row A, Volume 3). Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven 1976, ISBN 90-6186-046-6 , pp. 276 f., No. C 194.
• Giovannella Cresci Marrone, Giovanni Mennella: Pisaurum 1: Le Inscrizioni della Colonia. Giardini Editori e Stampatori, Pisa 1984, pp. 229-231.
• Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les carrières procuratoriennes équestres sous le Haut-Empire Romain (= Institut Français d'Archéologie de Beyrouth. Bibliothèque archéologique et historique. Volume 57). Volume 2, Paul Geuthner, Paris 1960, pp. 604 f., No. 228.
• Joachim Ott: The commanders of the Norican auxiliaries. In: Tyche . Contributions to ancient history, papyrology and epigraphy, Volume 10, 1995, pp. 107-138 ( PDF ).
• Arthur Stein : Claudius 380 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 2885.
• Arthur Stein: Ti. Claudius Zeno Ulpianus. In: Edmund Groag , Arthur Stein (Ed.): Prosopographia Imperii Romani . 2nd edition, Volume 2, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1936, p. 257, No. C 1055.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Joachim Ott, Die Kommandeure, pp. 125–127.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} CIL 11, 6337
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les carrières procuratoriennes équestres sous le Haut-Empire Romain. Volume 2, Paul Geuthner, Paris 1960, pp. 604-605.
4. ^ AE 1966, 606