Comitia

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Comitia

• (Elections)

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C CVSPIVM PANSAM AED(ilem) SATVRNINVS CVM
DISCENTES ROGAT. Saturninus and his pupils
recommend Gaius Cuspius Pansa for Aedile. C
CVSPIAM PANSAM AED AVRLIFICES VNIVERSI ROG. All
the goldsmiths recommend Gaius Cuspius Pansa for
Aedile. VERVM AED(ilem) O(ro) V(os) F(aciatis,
VNGVENTARII, FACITE ROGO! Please, I beg you,
Unguent Makers, make Verus Aedile, I ask you. V
POPIDIVS EP F Q PORTICVS FACIENDAS
COERAVIT. Vibius Popidius, Quaestor, son of
Eppius, superintended the making of the
colonnades.
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L CAESIVS C F D V I D C OCCIVS M F IIV L
NIRAEMIVS A F D D S EX POQ PVBL FAC CVRAR PROB
Q. Lucius Caesius son of Gaius, duovir for
justice (and) Caius Occius son of Marcus, duovir
Lucius Niraemius son of Aulus by vote of the
Town Council, out of public funds, superintended
the erection (of these Baths) and passed
inspection. ABOMINO PAVPEROS. QUISQUIS QUID
GRATIS ROGAT, FATVVS EST AES DET ET ACCIPIAT
REM. I detest beggars. If somebody asks for
something for free, he is an idiot let him pay
his cash and get what he wants. PVTEO/////V//////
VS/DEC.PVGN.HERCVLANEI.PRO.SAL////////SARVM.ET.LI
VIAE AVG.VELA ERVNT. IOLE SAL. At Puteoli on the
?th of December, fights. At Herculaneum for the
Security of the Caesars and Livia Augusta. There
will be awnings. Iole greets you.
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Games were an important element of politics as
well
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GLAD.PAR.XX.A.SVETTI //TENIONIS//TNIGRI.LIBERTI.PV
GNA PVTEOL. XVI. XV. XIV. XIII. KAL. AP.
VENATIO. ET ATHLETAE/////ERVNT. Twenty pairs of
Gladiators, belonging to Aulus Suettius Antenio
and to his freedman Niger, will fight at Puteoli
on the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th of March. There
will also be a beast hunt and athletic
contests. GLADIATORVM PARIA XXXVI PVG NICEREA
CONSTANTIA PR KAL ET KAL VI V NON NOV. Thirty
six pairs of gladiators of Constantia (?) will
fight at Nuceria (?) on October 31, and November
1-4. VEN. ET. GLAD. PAR. XX M. TVLLI. PVGN.
POM. PR. NON. NOVEMBRES. VII.IDVS NOV. A hunt,
and 20 pairs of gladiators belonging to Marcus
Tullius will fight a Pompeii on November 4-7.
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Gnaeus Helveus Sabinus runs for Aedile
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Partially preserved election notice can you
recognize anything here?
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What office is this candidate running for?
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http//www.archeona.arti.beniculturali.it/sanc_en/
mann/it07/41.html
Originally part of a wall along the Via
Consolare, the plasterwork features an
exhortation to vote for two candidates for
aedile, M. Cerrinius Vatia and A. Trebius
Valente. We come across the latter, who was
elected in 71 A.D., again in 75 A.D. as candidate
for the duumvirate. Other similar electoral
messages with the same two candidates' names were
found along Via del Foro.
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Depicts Mercury with caduceus and petasus
emerging from a little Etruscan-Italic temple. He
holds a purse of money in his right hand.
Covering the wall are several inscriptions,
including one which reads "Holconium Priscum /
IIvir(um) I(ure) d(icundo) d(dignum) r(ei)
p(ublicae) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)" or "I ask you
to elect Holconius Priscus as duovir. He is
worthy of holding office." http//www.utexas.edu
/courses/romanciv/30222housesimages.htm
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