Titus Visulanius Crescens

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Titus Visulanius Crescens was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD . Individual stations of his career are known through an inscription.

Crescens was initially twice Praefectus fabrum . This was followed by his military career, which consisted of the usual tres militiae for a member of the equestrian order . He initially took over the management of a Cohors II Gallorum as prefect . As commander of this unit, he is still documented by a military diploma dated August 14, 1999. The diploma shows that he commanded the Cohors II Gallorum , which at that time was stationed in the province of Moesia inferior . Subsequently he was Tribunus militum of the Cohors I Civium Romanorum . The third stage was the post of Praefectus equitum of the Ala Moesica .

After his military career, he held the post of censor in the province of Germania inferior .

Remarks

  1. ↑ There were several units with this designation (see Cohors II Gallorum ). The inscription does not reveal which unit Crescens commanded.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscription ( CIL 11, 709 ).
  2. ^ Military diploma of the year 99 ( CIL 16, 44 ).
  3. ↑ 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 978-1-84171-046-4 , page 24 , 157.
  4. ↑ John EH Spaul : Ala The Auxiliary Cavalry units of the pre-Diocletianic Imperial Roman Army , Nectoreca Press 1994, ISBN 978-0-9525062-0-1 , pp 163-164.
personal data
SURNAME Visulanius Crescens, Titus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century