Curator aedium sacrarum et operum locorumque publicorum explained

The Latin: curator aedium sacrarum et operum locorumque publicorum was a political position in ancient Rome.[1] [2] The name translates to 'curator of sacred buildings and public works'.[3] In surviving Roman inscriptions, the words Latin: aedium sacrarum are usually preceded by the word Latin: curator, but sometimes by Latin: resitutor or Latin: subcurator.[4] [5] The name utilized for this office was not officially standardized in ancient Rome. Inscriptions use any combination of the words Latin: curator, Latin: aedium sacrarum, Latin: et operum, Latin: locorumque publicorum, and Latin: populi Romani to refer to the office.

This position may have been reserved for a pair of senators typically of praetorian but sometimes of consular rank.[6] [7] [8] It is also possible the position was a local, municipal title; rather than an imperial position reserved for prominent politicians. One inscription records an individual named Julius Galerius Asper, who was allowed to hold this position before he had become a quaestor. Possibly due to his prestigious father, although it could also mean that the position was not exclusively for high-ranking senators. This claim is evidenced by the omission of this title in other attestations to Asper. It has been argued that if the title was important to Roman politics, it would have been mentioned.

Equestrians typically held the office of Latin: subcurator aedium sacrarum.[9] Although, one equestrian named Furius Octavianus is recorded during the third century as a curator. One inscription from Bremenium mentions a Latin: subcurator operum publicorum who is the husband of a woman named Julia Lucilla. This may be Rufinus, who is mentioned as the husband of a Julia Lucilla in another inscription from Bremenium. Equestrian subcurators were attached to the senatorial position of Latin: curator aedium sacrarum.[10]

It was established between 11 BCE and 14 CE by Augustus or Tiberius to manage the upkeep and construction of public works,[11] [12] [13] sacred places, and temples.[14] [15] [16] [17] These tasks were previously accomplished by the aediles.[18] [19] There were two Latin: curatores aedium sacrarum, and they only held their office for one year. Sometimes one of the curators was tasked with managing the public works, while another one of the curators was tasked with managing the sacred buildings. They used a workforce consisting of freedmen. The position may not have continued existing after the Julio-Claudian dynasty.[20] It is also possible that it continued to exist, even into the Later Roman Empire, becoming known as the Latin: curator operum publicorum vir clarissimus by the time of Diocletian. They may have assumed responsibility for the management of imperial edifices during this time.[21]

List of known Latin: curatores aedium

!Name!Date!Reference
Quintus Varius GeminusEarly parts of the reign of Tiberius[22]
Publius Sulpicius Scribonius ProculusReign of Nero[23] [24]
Marcus Hirrius Fronto Neratius PansaReign of Nero[25]
Gnaeus Pinarius Cornelius ClemensReign of Vespasian[26] [27]
Tiberius Julius Celsus PolemaeanusReign of Domitian[28] [29]
Salvius JulianusReign of Trajan[30]
Gaius Bruttius Praesens Lucius Fulvius RusticusAround 121 CE[31] [32] [33]
Publius Metilius SecundusReign of Hadrian
Gaius Vettius Sabinianus Julius HospesReign of Marcus Aurelius[34]
Lucius Burbuleius Optatus Ligarianus136 CE
Marcus Aemilius Papus138 CE
Gaius Julius SeverusAround 140 CE[35]
Claudius MaximusAround 144 CE
Titus Statilius Maximus146 CE[36]
Titus Flavius Longinus Quintus Marcius TurboAround 151 CE
Caecillius ...illianus Maximus159 CE
Marcus Servilius Fabianus Maximus160 CE
Marcus Iallius Bassus161 CE
Cingius Severus183 CE[37]
Seius Superstes193 CE[38] [39]
Fabius Magnus193 CE
Gaius Julius Galerius Asper197 CE[40] [41]
Lucius Plotius SabinusReign of Caracalla[42]
Publius Catius Sabinus210 CE[43]
Clodius Pompeianus244 CE
Cethegius Pelagius280–340 CE[44]
Furius OctavianusReign of Maxentius[45] [46]

Notes and References

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  4. James . Patrick . Arbabzadah . Moreed . 2018 . New and Old Interpretations of the Stone-Cutter's Bilingual Inscription ("IG" XIV 297 = "CIL" X 7296) from Palermo . Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik . 205 . 145–150 . 0084-5388 . 26603979.
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  7. Culham . Phyllis . 1985 . A Municipal, Not Imperial, "Curator Aedium" . Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte . 34 . 4 . 503–505 . 4435942 . 0018-2311.
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  21. Book: Cosenza, Mario Emilio . Official Positions After the Time of Constantine . 1905 . New Era Printing Company . 39–41 . en.
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  23. Speidel . Michael Alexander . Scribonius Proculus: Curator aedium sacrarum et operum publicorum in Rom oder in Luna? . Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 103 (1994) 209–214..
  24. Book: Hirt, Alfred Michael . Imperial Mines and Quarries in the Roman World: Organizational Aspects 27 BC-AD 235 . 25 March 2010 . OUP Oxford . 978-0-19-161440-8 . 316 . en.
  25. Mario Torelli, "The Cursus Honorum of M. Hirrius Fronto Neratius Pansa", Journal of Roman Studies, 58 (1968), pp. 170–175
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