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Pomponius Mamilianus

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Copies of two letters Pliny wrote to him have survived; A.N. Sherwin-White dates them to the period 107 to 108. One, written while Pliny was busy with the grape harvest, mentions Mamilianus' love of hunting. The other alludes to Mamilianus living a military life, which has been interpreted as
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shows it to be "Titus"; and the British inscription mentioned above is damaged at that point, and cannot be used to resolve the matter. As for the final element in his name, "Funisulanus Vettonianus", authorities agree it indicates some connection to the general and suffect consul of 78
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notes that "he was in his early thirties" when he commanded the legion, offers a date for this command as "the early 90s", and notes Mamilianus "must have owed this appointment to
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by the older Funisulanus Vettonianus, while others have argued he is a son or nephew of the older Vettonianus being adopted by a Pomponius. Olli Salomies concurs with
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of Mamilianus is incomplete. The inscription from Deva attests that he was the commander of the legion stationed at the Roman fort at Deva, which at the time was
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evidence that he was governing a military province, which would also be an appointment at the pleasure of the emperor.
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who held several offices in the service of the emperor. He was appointed
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Pomponius T.f. Gal. Mamilianus Rufus Antistianus Funisulanus Vettonianus
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Adoptive and polyonymous nomenclature in the Roman Empire
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Titus Pomponius Antistianus Funisulanus Vettonianus
117:Birley notes that the suffect consul of 121, 51:, as attested in an inscription recovered at 8: 199: 197: 195: 262: 250:"A New Commentary on the Letters of Pliny" 207:(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981), p. 235 130: 36:of May to June 100 as the colleague of 7: 14: 356:Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome 55:. The sources conflict over his 74:Lucius Funisulanus Vettonianus 1: 307:Lucius Herennius Saturninus 121:, is "presumably" his son. 38:Lucius Herennius Saturninus 382: 205:The Fasti of Roman Britain 67:show it to be "Lucius"; a 361:Ancient Romans in Britain 311: 291: 270: 265: 100:Legio XX Valeria Victrix 366:Ancient Roman adoptees 280:Gaius Cilnius Proculus 248:, p. 235; C.P. Jones, 246:Fasti of Roman Britain 315:Quintus Acutius Nerva 321:Lucius Fabius Tuscus 274:Marcus Marcius Macer 78:adopted by testament 17:Pomponius Mamilianus 256:, 22 (1968), p. 127 351:2nd-century Romans 346:1st-century Romans 327:as suffect consuls 286:as suffect consuls 266:Political offices 334: 333: 330: 312:Succeeded by 289: 47:His full name is 42:Pliny the Younger 373: 324: 283: 271:Preceded by 263: 257: 242: 236: 229: 223: 214: 208: 201: 190: 183: 177: 167: 161: 151: 145: 135: 69:military diploma 381: 380: 376: 375: 374: 372: 371: 370: 336: 335: 323: 318: 303: 301: 282: 277: 261: 260: 243: 239: 230: 226: 215: 211: 202: 193: 184: 180: 168: 164: 152: 148: 136: 132: 127: 90: 64:Fasti Ostienses 61:, however. The 12: 11: 5: 379: 377: 369: 368: 363: 358: 353: 348: 338: 337: 332: 331: 313: 310: 290: 272: 268: 267: 259: 258: 237: 224: 209: 191: 178: 162: 146: 129: 128: 126: 123: 104:Anthony Birley 95:cursus honorum 89: 86: 28:suffect consul 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 378: 367: 364: 362: 359: 357: 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 343: 341: 329: 328: 322: 316: 309: 308: 300: 299: 295: 288: 287: 281: 275: 269: 264: 255: 251: 247: 241: 238: 234: 228: 225: 221: 220: 213: 210: 206: 200: 198: 196: 192: 188: 182: 179: 176: 173: 172: 166: 163: 160: 157: 156: 150: 147: 144: 141: 140: 134: 131: 124: 122: 120: 115: 111: 109: 105: 101: 97: 96: 87: 85: 83: 79: 75: 70: 66: 65: 60: 59: 54: 50: 45: 43: 39: 35: 34: 29: 25: 22: 18: 326: 325: 304: 298:Roman Empire 292: 285: 284: 253: 245: 240: 232: 227: 217: 212: 204: 186: 181: 169: 165: 153: 149: 137: 133: 116: 112: 93: 91: 62: 56: 48: 46: 31: 16: 15: 82:Ronald Syme 340:Categories 185:Salomies, 125:References 233:Epistulae 219:Epistulae 58:praenomen 33:nundinium 244:Birley, 203:Birley, 159:VII, 164 108:Domitian 296:of the 254:Phoenix 235:, IX.25 231:Pliny, 222:, IX.16 216:Pliny, 175:XVI, 46 30:in the 24:senator 294:Consul 19:was a 305:with 21:Roman 319:and 278:and 92:The 88:Life 53:Deva 302:100 171:CIL 155:CIL 143:445 139:RIB 110:." 342:: 252:, 194:^ 102:. 44:. 317:, 276:,

Index

Roman
senator
suffect consul
nundinium
Lucius Herennius Saturninus
Pliny the Younger
Deva
praenomen
Fasti Ostienses
military diploma
Lucius Funisulanus Vettonianus
adopted by testament
Ronald Syme
cursus honorum
Legio XX Valeria Victrix
Anthony Birley
Domitian
Titus Pomponius Antistianus Funisulanus Vettonianus
RIB
445
CIL
VII, 164
CIL
XVI, 46



Epistulae
"A New Commentary on the Letters of Pliny"
Marcus Marcius Macer

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