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| Id | 75 |
| Person id-code | Sennius Metilus 001 |
| Name | Sennius Metilus, M. |
| Gender | male |
| Gentilicia | SENNIA |
| Cognomina | Metilus |
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| Post quem (when person flourished) | 76 AD |
| Ante quem (when person flourished) | 175 AD |
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| Geography notes | He came from Trier, but settled in Lugdunum, where he died. His membership of the corporation of 'mercatores Cisalpinorum et Transalpinorum' suggests that he was also active in Gallia Cisalpina. |
| Legal status | liber incertus |
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| Citizen status | civis romanus |
| Local citizenship or ethinicity | Gallic |
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<div> CIL 13, 02029</div> <div>Krier 1981: 48-49, no. 15 ; Wierschowski 2001: 355-356, no. 492; Walser 1993: 142, no. 59</div> <div> </div> <div>Krier believes that Metilus made a career as a carpenter/builder in Lyon and became a member of the <em>negotiatores Cisalpini et Transalpini </em>as a dealer in timber and other building materials. Wierschowski, however (following Kneissl's (1977) view that the <em>collegia fabrum </em>were no longer professional associations in the second century) suggests that Metilus instead dealt in a variety of high-value products. Walser (1993) points out that <em>collegia fabrum tignuariorum</em> often accepted outsiders as honorary members.</div> <div> </div> <div>Regardless of how one inteprets the <em>fabri tignuarii</em>, Metilus may (or may not) have imported timber and building materials in Lugdunum via the Alpine Rhone, but certainly not from accross the Alps and hardly from deep in the mountainous zones.</div> <div> </div> <div>Metilus bears the same gentilicium as his wife. This may indicate that his wife received Roman citizenship together with her husband and therefore, that Metilus was born as peregrinus, but we should be carefull not to overstress this argument. We might equally well be dealing with co-freedmen, of either one may have a freedman/woman of the other. For his status as 'ingenuus' or 'libertus' see Wierschowski, <em>loc. cit.</em>.</div> |