Gaius Fulcinius Fabius Maximus Optatus

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Gaius Fulcinius Fabius Maximus Optatus was a governor of Hispania Baetica of African origin, active in the late second century CE. His branch of the Fulcinia family rise to prominence in Cartenna during the second century. He was the first of his family to enter the Senatorial Order, becoming a vir clarissimus who held the offices of quaestor, tribunus plebis, and praetor. [1] Fulcinius was patron of the Roman colony Gunugus. [2]

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Background

The Fulcinii were an Italian family of plebeian origin. [3] Optatus is a hereditary cognomen from his father's side that goes back at least to his grandfather, Gaius Fulcinius Optatus, [4] who was a flamen of Augustus and magistrate of Cartenna who played a role during the city's defense against an incursion by the "barbarian" Baquates [5] His father, also named Gaius Fulcinius Optatus, was elevated to the equestrian rank equo publico exornatus sometime between 120 and 150 CE. [6]

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References

  1. Geffroy 1893 , p. 20, as indicated in an inscription found in November 1887 dating to the time of Septimius Severus from Gouraya, Tunisia.
  2. Geffroy 1893 , p. 21
  3. Ferguson 1969 , p. 177
  4. CIL VIII, 9663: C(aio) Fulcinio M(arci) f(ilio) Quir(ina) / Optato (Geffroy 1893 , p. 21)
  5. Geffroy 1893 , p. 21
  6. Ifie 1998 , p. 211

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