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| Id | 1900 |
| Person id-code | Carminius Parthenopaeus 001 |
| Name | Carminius Parthenopaeus, Sex. |
| Gender | male |
| Gentilicia | CARMINIA |
| Cognomina | Parthenopaeus |
| Tribus | |
| Name comments | |
| Free text (when person flourished) | |
| Post quem (when person flourished) | 26 AD |
| Ante quem (when person flourished) | 250 AD |
| Notes on life data | |
| Geography notes | |
| Legal status | ingenuus |
| Servile affiliation | |
| Citizen status | civis romanus |
| Local citizenship or ethinicity | |
| Ordo affiliation | ordo equester |
| Highest civic rank | decurio municipalis |
| Honorary civic status | |
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| Apparitor | |
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| Status notes and comments |
CIL 14, 00314
Meiggs 1997: 211; D'Arms 1976: 397-398; Royden 1988: 75, no. 26
Parthenopaeus is the only equestian among the officers of the fabri tignuarii. D'Arms (loc. cit.) suggests therefore that the quinquennalitas was honourary.
Given his equestrian status and membership of the city-council Parthenopaeus should be freeborn. His Greek name, however, suggests a freedman social environment. So does the fact that his wife has the same nomen. Meiggs plausibly suggests (loc. cit.) that Parthenopeus married his own freedwomen or one of his family. D'Arms (loc. cit.) argues he was a freedman nonetheless and received a legal exception thanks to his patron's influence.
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