Titus Pontius Sabinus

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Titus Pontius Sabinus (full name form Titus Pontius Titi filius Palatina Sabinus ) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 2nd century AD . Individual stations in his career are known through an inscription dated 122/150.

Sabinus began his military career as prefect of the Cohors I Pannoniorum et Dalmatarum equitata civium Romanorum , which was stationed in the province of Germania inferior . He then became a tribunus militum in the Legio VI Ferrata , which was stationed in the east of the Roman Empire. For his achievements in the Parthian War he received the following military awards from Trajan (98–117): a Hasta pura , a Vexillum and a Corona muralis .

Instead of continuing the usual career for a member of the knightly class, Sabinus went a different way from then on. He was first a centurion in the Legio XXII Primigenia , which had its main camp in Mainz, and then a centurion in the Legio XIII Gemina , which was stationed in the province of Dacia . He then rose to the rank of Primus Pilus in Legio III Augusta , whose main camp was at Lambaesis in North Africa. Subsequently, as a praepositus , he took over the management of a vexillation , which was formed from 3,000 soldiers from Legions VII Gemina , VIII Augusta and XXII Primigenia. With this vexillation he took part in an expeditio Brittannica to suppress unrest in the province of Britain .

After his return from Britain, he took over the management of the following units in Rome as tribune : the Cohors III Vigilum , the Cohors XIIII Urbana and the Cohors II Praetoria (in that order). Afterwards he was once again Primus Pilus. He then held his only known civilian position in the administration when he became Procurator in the province of Gallia Narbonensis .

Sabinus was inscribed in the tribe of Palatina . It probably came from Ferentinum , today's Ferentino , where the inscription was found. In his hometown he was IIIIvir iure dicundo quinquennalis , Flemish and patron . His wife, Valeria Procula , was the sister of Lucius Valerius Proculus .

literature

  • Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les carrières procuratoriennes équestres sous le Haut-Empire Romain , Paris 1960, volume 1.

Remarks

  1. ↑ According to Hans-Georg Pflaum, Sabinus took over command of one of the legion's cohorts as a tribune.
  2. ↑ According to Hans-Georg Pflaum, Sabinus became a member of the primus ordo of the centurions without leaving the Roman knighthood; as a centurion in the Legio XXII Primigenia he probably had the rank of Hastatus and in the XIII Gemina probably the rank of Princeps .
  3. ↑ According to Hans-Georg Pflaum, the campaign in Britain was probably carried out at the end of the reign of Hadrian (117-138).
  4. ↑ According to Hans-Georg Pflaum, Sabinus probably returned to the army afterwards, as he saw no possibility of attaining any other offices in civil administration.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscription ( CIL 10, 5829 ).
  2. ↑ John Spaul : Cohors² The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army , British Archaeological Reports 2000, BAR International Series (Book 841), ISBN 978-1841710464 , S. 336th
  3. ↑ a b c Hans-Georg Pflaum : Les Carrières , pp. 286–288, No. 118.
personal data
SURNAME Pontius Sabinus, Titus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century