Quintus Glitius Atilius Agricola

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Quintus Glitius Atilius Agricola was a

Augusta Taurinorum
, which appears to be his home town.

His full name, father's praenomen (Publius) and tribe (Stellatina) are known from these inscriptions. It is often assumed that Agricola was the son or grandson of the equestrian officer Glitius Barbarus, who is attested as living in 48 or 49, but Olli Salomies notes that his father's praenomen is attested as Publius, then argues that it makes better sense to assume that his name at birth was Atilius Agricola and he was afterwards adopted by a Q. Glitius.[5]

Career

Of these inscriptions found in Taurinorum, two provide the details of his

vigintiviri. Agricola then served as military tribune in Legio I Italica. Under the emperor Vespasian he was quaestor
, which could have been as late as the year 78. Since Roman senators commonly held the office of quaestor at the age of 25, this suggests Agricola was born in the year 53, at the latest.

Following this he was

dona militaria, or military decorations, appropriate to an ex-consul.[9]

Following his second consulship, Agricola was

septemviri epulonum, then afterwards he was admitted to the sodales Augustales
.

References

  1. ^ All that survives of the consul's name on the Fasti ostienses is "..]us", which Zevi had plausibly restored as Lucius Licinius Sura. However, two more recently recovered fragments of military diplomas show that the name of this consul is L. Pomponius Maternus, who is otherwise unknown. (Eck and Pangerl, "Zwei Konstitutionen für die Truppen Niedermösiens vom 9. September 97", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 151 (2005), pp. 185-192
  2. ^ Fausto Zevi, "I consoli del 97 d. Cr. in due framenti gia' editi dei Fasti Ostienses", Listy filologické / Folia philologica, 96 (1973), pp. 125-137
  3. ^ Fasti Ostienses, edited Ladislav Vidman (Prague: Acadamia, 1982), frag. Gd l. 6
  4. Journal of Roman Studies
    , 43 (1953), pp. 148-161
  5. ^ Salomies, Adoptive and polyonymous nomenclature in the Roman Empire, (Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1992), p. 96
  6. ^ CIL V, 6974, CIL V, 6975
  7. ^ Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 322-327
  8. ^ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten", pp. 334-338
  9. ^ CIL V, 6977; see also Valerie A. Maxfield, "The Dona Militaria of the Roman Army" (Durham theses: Durham University, 1972), p. 24 (Last accessed 11 August 2017)
  10. ^ CIL V, 6980
Political offices
Preceded byas Suffect consuls
Suffect consul of the Roman Empire
97
with Lucius Pomponius Maternus
Succeeded byas Suffect consuls
Preceded by
Suffect consul of the Roman Empire
103
with Manius Laberius Maximus
II
Succeeded by
Publius Metilius Nepos,
and Quintus Baebius Macer
as Suffect consuls