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Author: Loredana Cappelletti

CAPInv. 1083: vexillari

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Southern Italy with Sicily
ii. Region Campania
iii. Site Pozzuoli (anc. Puteoli)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) vexillari (AE 1972: no. 79, l. 11)
ii. Full name (transliterated) vexillari

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 290 - 326 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:vexillari: collegial flag/standard bearers

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) AE 1972: no. 79 (AD 290-326)
Note See also: EDR075343
Online Resources TM 250430 and EDR075343
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Latin dedication of a statue to Iulius Sulpicius Sucessus made by the vexillari along with the regio decatriae (l. 10) and the cultores dei patri (l. 10).
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble statue base
ii. Source(s) provenance The base was found in 1965, embedded in the Campanile of the Cathedral of S. Procolo at Pozzuoli.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Referred to as vexillari (AE 1972: no. 79).
viii. Obligations The erection of the base/statue may imply that the vexillari either collected money ad hoc or each member had to pay regularly some sum, which went into the (unattested) treasury.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The erection of the base/statue may imply that the association had its own funds/treasury.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The vexillari awarded a statue for Iulius Sulpicius Sucessus who was vir egregius, patronus coloniae and procurator portus Puteolanorum (ll. 4-5). The honor is justified with reference to his benefactions and love towards the citizens and the homeland (ob meritis et adfectione amoreque eius erga cives et patriam, ll. 6-7).

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The honorand was a local man of equestrian rank (see D'Arms 1972: 259). The vexillari dedicated the statue together with other local groups: the regio decatriae, i.e. a city region of Puteoli, and the cultores dei patri, i.e. the members of a religious association (see CAPInv. 1084). The ordo decurionum and the populus Puteolanus gave their approval.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography D'Arms, J.H. (1972), ‘A new inscribed base from 4th century Puteoli’, PP 27: 255-70.
Waltzing, J.P. (1895-1900), Étude historique sur les corporations professionelles chez les Romains depuis les origines jusqu'à la chute de l'Empire d'Occident. I-IV vols. Louvain.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note See Waltzing 1895: vol. I, 425; D'Arms 1972: 266-7.