Anmerkungen zu den Statthaltern der Provinz Asia am Ende der Republik (52 – 42 v. Chr.)
As regards the governors of the province of Asia from 52 to 42 BC, the following can be said: 1) Q. Minicius Thermus, propraetor in 51/50 BC: The anonymous author of the acephalous letter written between 56 and 50 BC can be positively identified with the governor Thermus. – 2) L. Antonius, proquaest...
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Akdeniz University
2008-11-01
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| Series: | Gephyra |
| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/gephyra/issue/45192/565914?publisher=nalan-eda-akyurek-sahin |
| Summary: | As regards the governors of the province of Asia from 52 to 42 BC, the following can be said: 1) Q. Minicius Thermus, propraetor in 51/50 BC: The anonymous author of the acephalous letter written between 56 and 50 BC can be positively identified with the governor Thermus. – 2) L. Antonius, proquaestor pro pr. in 50/49: He was not quaestor in 50 BC and proquaestor in 49, as was previously assumed, but was proquaestor throughout his term of office. – 3) C. Fannius, propraetor in 49/48: The office-related abbreviation PR (instead of PRO PR) on cistophores is to be explained thus: on coins PRO PR was used only for quaestores and legati with propraetorian imperium: (q.) pro pr. or (leg.) pro pr. – The author of the letter to the authorities of Kos was not the consul of 161 of the same name, but the propraetor of 49/48 BC. In the winter 49/48 BC the imperator Q. Metellus Scipio governed Asia with a proconsular imperium and plundered the province. – 4) C. Rabirius Postumus, praetor pro cos. in 48/47 (not the imperator Cn. Domitius Calvinus). – 5) Cn. Asinius, praetor pro cos. in 47/46 BC: allocation of rare coins from Adramyttion. The office designation «á¼€Î½Î¸Ïπατος Ῥωμαίων» attested for Postumus and Asinius suggests that by reusing the attribute Ῥωμαίων, which was typical of the time around 100 BC, the dictator Caesar wanted to highlight the independence of Asia as a provincia populi Romani. – 6) P. Servilius Isauricus (cos. in 48), proconsul in 46 – 44 BC: In the letter by Πόπλιος ΣεÏουίλιος Ποπλίου υἱος Γάλβας to the Jewish diaspora community of Milet the cognomen Γάλβας is corrupt; it could read Οá½Î±Ï„ίας: after the father P. Servilius Isauricus Vatia (cos. in 79). – 7. C. Trebonius (cos. in 45), 44 to early 43 BC: Until his murder he acted as proconsul without the protection of a sizeable number of troops. – 8) P. Cornelius Dolabella (cos. in 44), imperator from January to April 43 BC: Despite being ostracised by the Senate, the consular was as imperator de facto governor of Asia in early 43 BC, as is attested by a decree issued by him in Ephesos. – 9) P. Cornelius Spinther, pro q. pro pr. from May to September 43 BC: quaestor of Brutus; deputy in Asia until the latter's arrival in September 43 BC. – 10) M. Iunius Brutus (cos. des. in 41), imperator und proconsul from autumn 43 to 42 BC: The gold and silver coins minted by the governors of Asia and Syria, Brutus and Cassius, in Ephesos in the spring of 42 BC feature both titles proconsul and imperator. The latter is probably a reference to the forthcoming decisive battle (at Philippi) against the triumvirs. |
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| ISSN: | 1309-3924 2651-5059 |