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Author: Loredana Cappelletti

CAPInv. 1091: Pabonenses i.e. Pavonenses

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Pabonenses i.e. Pavonenses (AE 1983: no. 197, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Pabonenses i.e. Pavonenses

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 351 - 400 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:Pabonenses, i.e. Pavonenses, from lat. pavo, peacock, maybe the symbol of the association, see Camodeca 1980-1981: 124-6.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) AE 1983: no. 197 (AD 351-400)
Note See also: EDR078907
Online Resources TM 251198 and EDR078907
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script AE 1983: no. 197 is a dedication of a statue to an unknown honorand set up by the Pabonenses, out of love for their city, where the people rejoices with the glory of the local ordo (l. 3) (decurionum). A certain Acerius provided for the base statue (l. 6). The inscription is written in Latin.
i.c. Physical format(s) White marble base for a statue
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in 1977 in Pozzuoli, via Luciano, the ancient via Domitiana.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Referred to as Pabonenses (AE 1983: no. 197).
viii. Obligations The erection of the base statue may imply that the Pabonenses 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.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The only attested member is a man: Acerius (AE 1983: no. 197).
iii. Age Adults
Note The only attested member is an adult: Acerius (AE 1983: no. 197).
iv. Status The expression ex amore civitatis nostrae (AE 1983: no. 197, ll. 1-2) implies that the Pabonenses were Puteolan citizens.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The Pabonenses awarded a base statue for an unknown honorand. The honor is justified with reference to the love for their city and the glory of the local ordo (decurionum), for which the people rejoices.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The honor of the base statue is justified by the Pabonenses with reference to the love for their city and the glory of the local ordo (decurionum).

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Camodeca, G. (1980-1981), ‘Ricerche su Puteoli tardoromana (fine III – IV secolo)’, Puteoli 4-5: 59-128.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The character of the association cannot be defined with precision; it can be excluded, that it was a professional association: Camodeca 1980-1981: 125-6, n. 197.