03-18-2006, 12:56 PM
Ave!
This topic was inspired by a need to expand my own knowledge and to "pass on" my discoveries.
I found this inscription, whilst searching for information about the disappearance of legio IX Hispana using http://user.uni-frankfurt.de/~clauss/index-e.html
Belegstelle: AE 1914, 00262 = AE 1922, 00079
Provinz: Galatia Ort: Yalvac / Antiochia Pisidiae
C(aio) Carist[a]/nio C(ai) f(ilio) Ser(gia) Fr[on]/toni trib(uno) mil(itum) pr[aef(ecto)] / eq(uitum) alae Bosp(oranorum) adl[e]/cto in senatu inter tribunic(ios) promoto in/ter praetorios leg(ato) pro / pr(aetore) Ponti et Bithyn(iae) leg(ato) Imp(eratoris) / divi Vespasian(i) Aug(usti) leg(ionis) / IX Hispanae in Britann(ia) / leg(ato) pro pr(aetore) Imp(eratoris) divi Titi / Caes(aris) Aug(usti) et Imp(eratoris) Domitiani / Caes(aris) Aug(usti) provinc(iae) Pam/phyliae et Lyciae patro/no col(oniae) // T(itus) Caristanius Cal/purnianus Rufus / ob merita eius h(onoris) c(ausa)
The more that I read this inscription the more interesting it became.
I searched through my books to see if I could find anything that would add more details.
The most helpful was by Hubert Devijver "The Equestrian Officers of the Roman Imperial Army" MAVORS Vol. VI 1989
This is not the first time that this inscription has been the subject for discussion. On pages 126 and 127 of Devijer's book is the following:-
C. Praefecti alae:
1. C. Carist[a]nius C. f. Ser(gia) F[ron]to
-W. M. Ramsay, Journal of Roman Studies, III (1913), p. 260 = AE 1914, 262 = ILS 9485; cfr. AE 1888, 76; EE IX 1242 = AE 1898, 152; IGR III 300; PIR II2, p. 100, nr. 423; G. L. Cheesman, Jounal of Roman Studies, III (1913), p. 253-236; A. Stein, Ritterstand, p. 231; E. Birley, Epigraphische Studien, 8 (1969), p. 81; W. Eck, Senat. Vesp. bis Hadr., p. 103.
-trib. mil, p[reaf.] eq(uitum) al(ae) Bosp(oranae) (Syria; ten tijde van Nero).
-adl[e]ctus in senatu inter tribunic(ios), promotus inter praetorios, leg(atus) pro pr(aetore) Ponti et Bithyn(iae), leg(atus) Imp. Divi Vespasian(i) leg(ionis) IX Hispanae in Brit(annia), etc. …
Belegstelle: CIL 13, 07692 = AE 1888, 00076
Provinz: Germania superior Ort: Toennisstein
[Apo]l[l]in[i?] / [1] Veraniu(s) / [3]uperman(us) / [l(egionis)] XXII Pr(imigeniae) P(iae) F(idelis) / [|(centuria) 3]ralbi / [3] I V D
Belegstelle: RIB 02167 = AE 1898, 00152
Provinz: Britannia Ort: Bar Hill
[D]eo Silv[ano] / [C]aristan[ius] / [I]ustianu[s] / praef(ectus) / [c]oh(ortis) I Ham[ior(um)] / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito)
More details are on pages 337 and 338.
V. GALATIA
A. PROSOPOGRAPHIA
Antiochia Pisidiae - Galatia
13. C. Carist[a]nius C.f. Ser(gia) F[ron]to (PME C 80): Antiochia; aet. Neronis; II. trib. mil.; III. p[reaf.] eq(uitum) al(ae) Bosp(oranae) (Syria); - adl[e]ctus in senatu inter tribunic(ios) (a. 73/74), promotos inter praetorios (ca. a. 75/76), leg. pro. pr. Ponti et Bithyn. (ca. a. 76/77), leg. Imp. divi Vespasian(i) Aug. IX Hispanae in Britann(ia) (Birley 1981: 233-4: a. 76-9), leg. pro pr. Imp. divi Titi Caes. Aug. et Imp. Domitian(i) Caes. Aug. provinc. Pamphyliae et Lyciae (inter a. 81-4; Thomasson 1984: 277 n. 11; Eck 1982: 305-8), consul (suffectus a. 90); cf. Halfmann 1979: 109 n. 13; Halfmann 1982: 606-7, 613, 645: Devreker 1980: sub2; Houston 1977: 41 n. 4, 52, 2 n. 5 (Pisidian family from Etruria); uxor: Sergia L.f. Paulla; filius Caristanius Paulinus, trib, mil. (laticlavius) leg. XII Fulminatae; avus: n. 14, qui sequitor.
Some more are on pages 340 and 341.
3. Adlection to the Senate
It is evident that we will encounter the first senators in the ranks of the equestrian officers - or their descendants - from Antioch. The prime candidate is the Caristanii family - possibly emigrants from Etruria - whose tradition of loyalty was a support to Rome in distant Galatia: 5 officers! C. Caristanius Fronto (13) was adlected to the senate after two militiae (a. 73-4); cos. suff. a. 90, he was presumably the grandson of C. Caristanius Fronto Caesianus Iulius (14). He was married to Sergia L.f. Paulla, a sister of L. Sergius L.f. Paullus, quaestor; the gens Sergia was also a well-known senatorial family from Antioch, Pisidiae (Halfmann 1982: 645).
D. The Career as Equestrian Officer
The career of the Caristani suggests the existence of something like a family tradition: three members served as tribune in legio XII Fulminata (14 - Syria; 15, 17 - Cappadocia). C. Caristanius Fronto (13) was trib. Mil., but the unit is not mentioned; he was praef. alae in Syria; so he too can possibly have served with legio XII Fulminata. His senatorial cursus took him to Pontus-Bithynia, Britannia, Pamphylia and Lycia.
He was elected as a consul; this is an entry from my consuls list for Domitian, 25.May.90 - Q(uinto) Accaeo Rufo, C(aio) Caristanio Frontone, see CFA 58. As this is not mentioned in his cursus perhaps the dedication inscription was before 90, and he was still alive?
A summary of the above is presented in tabular form for easier viewing, please see the attachment.
Vale
M. Spedius Corbulo
This topic was inspired by a need to expand my own knowledge and to "pass on" my discoveries.
I found this inscription, whilst searching for information about the disappearance of legio IX Hispana using http://user.uni-frankfurt.de/~clauss/index-e.html
Belegstelle: AE 1914, 00262 = AE 1922, 00079
Provinz: Galatia Ort: Yalvac / Antiochia Pisidiae
C(aio) Carist[a]/nio C(ai) f(ilio) Ser(gia) Fr[on]/toni trib(uno) mil(itum) pr[aef(ecto)] / eq(uitum) alae Bosp(oranorum) adl[e]/cto in senatu inter tribunic(ios) promoto in/ter praetorios leg(ato) pro / pr(aetore) Ponti et Bithyn(iae) leg(ato) Imp(eratoris) / divi Vespasian(i) Aug(usti) leg(ionis) / IX Hispanae in Britann(ia) / leg(ato) pro pr(aetore) Imp(eratoris) divi Titi / Caes(aris) Aug(usti) et Imp(eratoris) Domitiani / Caes(aris) Aug(usti) provinc(iae) Pam/phyliae et Lyciae patro/no col(oniae) // T(itus) Caristanius Cal/purnianus Rufus / ob merita eius h(onoris) c(ausa)
The more that I read this inscription the more interesting it became.
I searched through my books to see if I could find anything that would add more details.
The most helpful was by Hubert Devijver "The Equestrian Officers of the Roman Imperial Army" MAVORS Vol. VI 1989
This is not the first time that this inscription has been the subject for discussion. On pages 126 and 127 of Devijer's book is the following:-
C. Praefecti alae:
1. C. Carist[a]nius C. f. Ser(gia) F[ron]to
-W. M. Ramsay, Journal of Roman Studies, III (1913), p. 260 = AE 1914, 262 = ILS 9485; cfr. AE 1888, 76; EE IX 1242 = AE 1898, 152; IGR III 300; PIR II2, p. 100, nr. 423; G. L. Cheesman, Jounal of Roman Studies, III (1913), p. 253-236; A. Stein, Ritterstand, p. 231; E. Birley, Epigraphische Studien, 8 (1969), p. 81; W. Eck, Senat. Vesp. bis Hadr., p. 103.
-trib. mil, p[reaf.] eq(uitum) al(ae) Bosp(oranae) (Syria; ten tijde van Nero).
-adl[e]ctus in senatu inter tribunic(ios), promotus inter praetorios, leg(atus) pro pr(aetore) Ponti et Bithyn(iae), leg(atus) Imp. Divi Vespasian(i) leg(ionis) IX Hispanae in Brit(annia), etc. …
Belegstelle: CIL 13, 07692 = AE 1888, 00076
Provinz: Germania superior Ort: Toennisstein
[Apo]l[l]in[i?] / [1] Veraniu(s) / [3]uperman(us) / [l(egionis)] XXII Pr(imigeniae) P(iae) F(idelis) / [|(centuria) 3]ralbi / [3] I V D
Belegstelle: RIB 02167 = AE 1898, 00152
Provinz: Britannia Ort: Bar Hill
[D]eo Silv[ano] / [C]aristan[ius] / [I]ustianu[s] / praef(ectus) / [c]oh(ortis) I Ham[ior(um)] / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito)
More details are on pages 337 and 338.
V. GALATIA
A. PROSOPOGRAPHIA
Antiochia Pisidiae - Galatia
13. C. Carist[a]nius C.f. Ser(gia) F[ron]to (PME C 80): Antiochia; aet. Neronis; II. trib. mil.; III. p[reaf.] eq(uitum) al(ae) Bosp(oranae) (Syria); - adl[e]ctus in senatu inter tribunic(ios) (a. 73/74), promotos inter praetorios (ca. a. 75/76), leg. pro. pr. Ponti et Bithyn. (ca. a. 76/77), leg. Imp. divi Vespasian(i) Aug. IX Hispanae in Britann(ia) (Birley 1981: 233-4: a. 76-9), leg. pro pr. Imp. divi Titi Caes. Aug. et Imp. Domitian(i) Caes. Aug. provinc. Pamphyliae et Lyciae (inter a. 81-4; Thomasson 1984: 277 n. 11; Eck 1982: 305-8), consul (suffectus a. 90); cf. Halfmann 1979: 109 n. 13; Halfmann 1982: 606-7, 613, 645: Devreker 1980: sub2; Houston 1977: 41 n. 4, 52, 2 n. 5 (Pisidian family from Etruria); uxor: Sergia L.f. Paulla; filius Caristanius Paulinus, trib, mil. (laticlavius) leg. XII Fulminatae; avus: n. 14, qui sequitor.
Some more are on pages 340 and 341.
3. Adlection to the Senate
It is evident that we will encounter the first senators in the ranks of the equestrian officers - or their descendants - from Antioch. The prime candidate is the Caristanii family - possibly emigrants from Etruria - whose tradition of loyalty was a support to Rome in distant Galatia: 5 officers! C. Caristanius Fronto (13) was adlected to the senate after two militiae (a. 73-4); cos. suff. a. 90, he was presumably the grandson of C. Caristanius Fronto Caesianus Iulius (14). He was married to Sergia L.f. Paulla, a sister of L. Sergius L.f. Paullus, quaestor; the gens Sergia was also a well-known senatorial family from Antioch, Pisidiae (Halfmann 1982: 645).
D. The Career as Equestrian Officer
The career of the Caristani suggests the existence of something like a family tradition: three members served as tribune in legio XII Fulminata (14 - Syria; 15, 17 - Cappadocia). C. Caristanius Fronto (13) was trib. Mil., but the unit is not mentioned; he was praef. alae in Syria; so he too can possibly have served with legio XII Fulminata. His senatorial cursus took him to Pontus-Bithynia, Britannia, Pamphylia and Lycia.
He was elected as a consul; this is an entry from my consuls list for Domitian, 25.May.90 - Q(uinto) Accaeo Rufo, C(aio) Caristanio Frontone, see CFA 58. As this is not mentioned in his cursus perhaps the dedication inscription was before 90, and he was still alive?
A summary of the above is presented in tabular form for easier viewing, please see the attachment.
Vale
M. Spedius Corbulo
![[Image: spedius-mcmxliii.gif]](http://www.nhmgs.org/images/spedius-mcmxliii.gif)
