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The King of the Batavians: Remarks on Tab. Vindol. III, 628*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2011

David B. Cuff
David B. Cuff
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Department of Multidisciplinary Studies, Glendon College, York University, Torontodcuff@glendon.yorku.ca
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Abstract

Tab.Vindol. III, 628 is a letter of an auxiliary decurion of cohors VIIII Batavorum that begins with the greeting ‘Masclus Ceriali regi suo’. A.R. Birley tentatively suggested that the title held a literal force, while Bowman and Thomas interpreted the word as meaning ‘patron’ on the basis of OLD s.v. 8 and a parallel with P. Mich. 8.472 = CEL 147, a letter, also from a military context, from ‘Claudius Tiberianus Longino Prisco domin[o] et regi suo’. This article examines the Batavian and military contexts of these interpretations alongside other epigraphic examples of rex as ‘patron’.

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Britannia , Volume 42 , November 2011 , pp. 145 - 156
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2011. Published by The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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