Fasti Potentini
TheFasti Potentiniare a fragmentary list ofRoman consulsfrom AD 86 to 118, originally erected atPotentiainLucania,a region of southern Italy. Together with similar inscriptions, such as theFasti CapitoliniandFasti Triumphales,as well as the names of magistrates mentioned by ancient writers, thePotentiniform part of a chronology referred to as theFasti Consulares,or Consular Fasti, sometimes abbreviated to just "the fasti".
Background
[edit]Roman calendars originally contained lists of the daysfasti,days on which public business could be transacted, and daysnefasti,when business was prohibited for religious reasons. Over time, the wordfasticame to refer to the calendars themselves, which frequently contained lists of the annual magistrates. In Roman culture, as in many other ancient civilizations, historical events were usually dated by the names of the presiding magistrates, in this case the annually elected consuls. As a result, calendars listing the consuls over a span of years also came to be referred to asfasti.[1][2]
Under theRepublic,if a consul died or resigned during his year of office, a new consul was elected to replace him, and designatedconsul suffectus,to distinguish him from theconsules ordinariiwho lent their names to the year, although in all other respects his authority was equal to that of his colleague. Inimperial times,it was common for theemperorsto divide the year into periods of six, four, or two months, sometimes referred to asnundinia,and appoint a different pair of consuls for eachnundinium;although sometimes one consul continued in office, while a new colleague was appointed. The emperor himself frequently served as consulordinarius,resigning in favour of a new consul on the Ides of January or the Kalends of February, while his colleague remained in office.[3][4]
Contents
[edit]TheFasti Potentiniconsists of two sections, the first covering AD 86 to 93, and the second 112 to 116. The consuls are given in two columns, in keeping with the principle that there should always be two consuls. The right-hand column is more heavily damaged, so that all of the consuls on this side beginning with AD 93 are inferred from other sources. The list is partial, omitting some of thesuffectifrom extant years, and frequently giving consuls who may not have been colleagues on the same line. In the first section, theordinariiare always given in the ablativecase,i.e. T. Aurelio Fulvo M. Asinio Atratino cos.,but in the second part all of the consuls are given in the nominative. In the transcription below, all of the names are given in the nominative.
The following transcription is based on one originally published inL'Année épigraphiquein 1949, as amended in 2003 and 2005, together with the emendations ofEck,Paci, and Serenelli published inPicusin 2003.[5][6]This table uses modern conventions for distinguishing between I and J, and between U and V. Otherwise, the names and notes are given as spelled in the fasti, including spelling variations, substituted letters, omitted and duplicated letters. Interpolated text for missing fragments of the original is given in square brackets, [ ].
Abbreviations
[edit]- Coss. =consules,consuls
- Suf. =consules suffecti
- Imp. =imperator,emperor
Praenomina
[edit]The following praenomina appear in theFasti Potentini.All were regularly abbreviated.
- A. = Aulus
- C. = Gaius
- Cn. = Gnaeus
- D. = Decimus
- L. = Lucius
- M. = Marcus
- M'. = Manius
- P. = Publius
- Q. = Quintus
- Ser. = Servius
- Sex. = Sextus
- T. = Titus
- Ti. = Tiberius
Transcription
[edit]| Year AD |
Year AUC |
Magistracy | Left column | Right column |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 840 | Suf. | Q. Vibius Secund. Marrius Celsus C. Jaevlenus Priscus |
Octavius Fronio A. Lappius Maximus |
| 87 | 841 | Coss. Suf. |
Imp. Domit. Caes. Aug. XIII Calpurnius Piso Licinian. C. Ducenius Proculus L. Neratius Priscus |
L. Volusius Saturn. C. Bellicius Natal. C. Cilnius Proculus |
| 88 | 842 | Coss. Suf. |
Imp. Domit. Caes. XIIII D. Plotius Grypus M'. Otacilius Catulus |
L. Menicius Rufus Q. Ninnius Hasta |
| 89 | 843 | Coss. Suf. |
T. Aurelius Fulvus M. Peducaeus Saenianus A. Vicirus Proculus |
M. Asinius Atratinus P. Sallustius Blaes. M'. Laberius Maximus |
| 90 | 844 | Coss. Suf. |
Imp. Domit. Aug. Ger. XV L. Cornelius Pusio Ser. Julius Servianus C. Caristanius Fronto C. Aquilius Proculus L. Pullaienus Pollio Cn. Pompeius Catullinus |
M. Cocceius Nerva L. Antistius Rusticus Q. Accaeus Rufus P. Baebius Italicus Cn. Pompeius Longin. M. Tullius Cerialis |
| 91 | 845 | Coss. Suf. |
M'. Acilius Glabrio D. Minicius Faustinus Q. Valerius Vegetus |
M. Ulpius Trajanus P. Valerius M[a]rin. P. Metilius Nepos |
| 92 | 846 | Coss. Suf. |
Imp. Domitianus XVI L. Vinullius Apronianus L. Stertinius Avitus Q. Arulenus Rusticus |
Q. Volusius Satu[rn.] Ti. J[ulius Polemaeanus] C. Ju[lius Silanus] |
| 93 | 847 | Coss. Suf. |
Sex. Pompeius Colle[ga] [T.] Avidius Q[uietus?] [C.] Corn[elius Naso?] |
[M. Peducaeus Priscinus] [L. Dasumius Hadrianus] |
Years 94–111 missing |
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| 112 | 866 | Coss. Suf. |
[Imp. Trajanus Aug. VI] [Licinius Ruso] [Cn. Cornelius Severus] P. [Stertinius Quartus] C. [Claudius Severus] |
[T. Sextius Africanus] [Q. Valerius Vegetus] [T. Julius Maximus] [T. Settidius Firmus] |
| 113 | 867 | Coss. Suf. |
L. Publili[us Celsus II] Ser. Corn[elius Dolabella] L. Stertinius [Noricus] Cn. Cornelius U[rbicus] |
[C. Clodius Crispinus] [L. Fadius Rufinus] [T. Sempronius Rufus] |
| 114 | 868 | Coss. Suf. |
P. Manilius Vop[iscus] C. Clodius Nummu[s] L. Lollianus Av[itus] |
[Q. Ninnius Hasta] [L. Caesennius Sospes] [L. Messius Rusticus] |
| 115 | 869 | Coss. Suf. |
M. Vergilianus [Pedo] L. Julius [Frugi] M. Pomp[eius Macrinus] |
[L. Vipstanus Messala] [P. Juventius Celsus] [T. Vibius Varus] |
| 116 | 870 | Coss. Suf. |
L. Fund[anius Aelianus] Ti. [Julius Secundus] |
[Sex. Carminius Vetus] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities,p. 662 ( "Fasti" ).
- ^Oxford Classical Dictionary,2nd Ed., pp. 429, 430 ( "Fasti" ).
- ^Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antitquities,pp. 352–357 ( "Consul" ).
- ^Oxford Classical Dictionary,2nd Ed., p. 286 ( "Consul" ).
- ^AE1949, 23;2003, 588; 2005, 457.
- ^Eck, Paci, & Serenelli, "Per una nuova edizione dei Fasti Potentini".
Bibliography
[edit]- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities,William Smith, ed., Little, Brown, and Company, Boston (1859).
- René Cagnatet alii,L'Année épigraphique(The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviatedAE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
- Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities,Harry Thurston Peck,ed. (Second Edition, 1897).
- Oxford Classical Dictionary,N. G. L. Hammond and H. H. Scullard, eds., Clarendon Press, Oxford (Second Edition, 1970).
- Werner Eck,Gianfranco Paci, and E. Percossi Serenelli, "Per una nuova edizione dei Fasti Potentini", inPicus,vol. 23, pp. 51–108 (2003).