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Id	469
Person id-code	Licinius Privatus 001
Name	Licinius Privatus, M., Cla.
Gender	male
Gentilicia	LICINIA
Cognomina	Privatus
Tribus	Claudia
Name comments
Free text (when person flourished)
Post quem (when person flourished)	260 AD
Ante quem (when person flourished)	307 AD
Notes on life data	He was 'magister quinquennalis' of the 'fabri tignuarii' at Ostia between 198-206
Geography notes
Legal status	libertus
Servile affiliation	privatus
Citizen status	civis romanus
Local citizenship or ethinicity
Ordo affiliation
Highest civic rank
Honorary civic status	decurionatus ornamenta
Honorary positions	bisellarius
Apparitor	Apparitores municipalis
Apparitorial Rank	scriba librarius
Military status
Military Rank
Status notes and comments	CIL 14, 128a; 374; 4569 Royden 1988: 70-71, no. 17 ; Tran 2006: 105-106, 108, 161, 196-197, 216-219, 234-239, 257; Tran 2017: 122-123 Almost certainly a freedman; both his cognomen and his tribe (the Claudia) suggests this and so does the fact that he received the 'ornamenta decurionatus' but was not coopted in the 'ordo decurionum'. Career and dignities The additions to the original inscription (see source record) allow us to follow the chronology of Privatus' career. It started in the 'collegium fabrum tignuariorum', where he became 'decurio' of the 16th decuria and 'magister quinquennalis' during the 29th lustrum of the guild: CIL 14, 374:  magistro quinquennal(i) collegi(i) / fabrum tignuariorum lustri / XXVIIII) et decurioni eiusdem / numeri decur(iae) XVI). He is listed first among the 'caligati' of the 16th decuria in CIL 14, 4569 (dating to 198 CE), presumably indicating that he was probably alread a 'decurio' at that point (Tran 2006: 161). After donating 50,000 sesterces to the city of Ostia, he was made one of the first 'bisellarii' of the city: CIL 14, 374: biselliario in primis constituto / inlatis rei publicae sesterti(i)s / quinquaginta milibus n(ummum) He  became 'decurialis scriba librarius' in the service of Ostia: CIL 14, 374: decuriali scrib(ae) His affiliation the 'tribus Claudia'  is elaborately recorded, which seems to suggest there was some honorific dimension to it. CIL 14,374: 'tribuli tribus Claudiae patru{u}m et liberorum clientium' He received an honorary statue, during his tenure as 'magister quinquennalis' from the 'footfolk' ('caligati') of the 'collegium fabrum' for his 'love and merits', i.e. for his devotion and efforts towards the guilds and its rank and file (as well as perhaps his generosity  towards them) : CIL 14,374: numerus / caligatorum / collegi(i) fabrum tignuarior(um) Ostiens(ium) / magistro optimo ob amorem et merita eius) The city council joined in honouring Privatus, by providing a public location for the statue: CIL 14,374: l(ocus) d(atus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) p(ublice) Some time after the statue had been set up, additions were made to the inscription recording later events: Privatus received the 'ornamenta decurionatus': CIL 14, 374: decurionatus ornamentis honorato He became 'quaestor' and 'quinquennalis' of the 'Corpus Pistorum Ostiensium et Portensium': CIL 14, 374: quaestori et q(uin)q(uennali) corporis pistorum Ostiens(ium) et Port(ensium) Because the affiliation to the 'corpus pistorum' clearly postdate Privatus' achieving wealth and public prestige, Tran (2006: 105) assumes, that he merely bought up a number of bakeries, thereby becoming a member and soon an officer of the 'corpus pistorum'. Nothing suggests that Privatus had a previous 'double' career as carpenter/builder (or building contractor) and baker. His sons and grandsons became member of the 'ordo decurionum' (CIL 14, 374: patri et avo decurionum), some later became Roman knights 'pater equitum romanorum' (CIL 14, 374: patri equitum Romanorum).