Person "Vagirius Martianus, Sex., Sex. f., Gal."

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Id 798
Person id-code Vagirius Martianus 001
Name Vagirius Martianus, Sex., Sex. f., Gal.
Gender male
Gentilicia VAGIRIA
Cognomina Martianus
Tribus Galeria
Name comments
Free text (when person flourished)
Post quem (when person flourished) 126 AD
Ante quem (when person flourished) 205 AD
Notes on life data
Geography notes See notes on 'social status'.
Legal status ingenuus
Servile affiliation
Citizen status civis romanus
Local citizenship or ethinicity
Ordo affiliation ordo equester
Highest civic rank duumvirarius
Honorary civic status
Honorary positions
Apparitor
Apparitorial Rank
Military status tribunus militum
Military Rank tribunus militum
Status notes and comments CIL 1---, 1900
Burnand 197---

cursus honorum and dignities
He fullfilled all municipal offices, except that of duumvir quinquennalis:
quaestor
aedil
duumvir
patronus omnium corporum Lugduni
summus curator civium Romanorum provinciae Aquitanicae (This office was located in Lugdunum because the Ara Romae et Augustorum was here, where the 'concilium Galliarum' had its seat.)
praefectus fabrum Romae, attached to one of the magistracies 'cum imperio' or to the emperor
tribunus militum legionis XX Valeriae Victricis

The city council of Lugdunum voted him a statue 'ob eius erga rem publicam suam eximiam operam et insignem abstinentiam'. Vagirius' brother Gratus volunteered to take over the costs ('impendio remisso pecunia

Burnand (197---) suggests he came into contact with the Roman governor in his capacity of 'summus curator' and was brought by him to Rome, or recommended to a Roman high magistrate, earning him the 'praefectura fabrum'.  From this position he became a 'tribunus militum' of the legio XX Valeria Victrix, which at that time was stationed in Britannia.
 sua constituit').