Lucius Artorius Castus b. about 120

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about 120 birth: Near Campagnia Italy

child birth: Ψ Person:483160 [?]

child birth: Ψ Person:483514 [?]

occupation: Served with the VI Ferrata in Judea

occupation: Served with II Adiutrix along the Danube, Lower Pannonia at Aquincum

occupation: Served with the V Macedonica, Stationed at Potaissa in Dacia.

retirement: Procurator Centenarius of Liburnia, At this time, Castus relates his story to Cassius Dio whose father, Marcus Cassius Apronianus, is the Governor or Dalmatia (Liburnia was a division of Dalmatia).

148 occupation: York, Northumbria, Britannia, Legion VI Victrix

158 occupation: Enlisted as a Centurian of the Equestrian Class in Syria with the III Gallica

172 title: Primus Pilus, As primus pilus of one of the three Danubian legions, Castus played a major role in the Roman victory when they conquered the Iazyges and "fifty-five hundred of [the eight thousand Sarmatian cavalry conscripted by Marcus

175 occupation: Reenlisted as a the Praefectus Cohortis of the Dacio-Sarmatian Contingency VI Victrix stationed in Britain.

181 occupation: Praefectus Alae of the VI Victrix stationed in Bremetennacum Britain, The VI Victrix manned Hadrian's Wall from its headquarters at Eboracum. The portion of the Wall supplied with troops by Bremetennacum included Camboglanna and Avallana.

185 occupation: Military Expedition to Armorica

196 occupation: at the age of 54 Castus serves as Master Strategist for the forces of Severus in Britain, According to Cassius Dio, Castus dies in the battle of Lugdunum (Lyon)and his body is returned to Liburnia, perhaps from Marseilles to Spalato, to be interred with the bodies of his niece, and his daughter and her son.

burial: Epetium

Notes

http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/1/halac2.htm

The VI Victrix was based in Britain from c. 122. Artorius likely participated in the guarding of Hadrian's Wall. It has been suggested that this was possibly from Bremetennacum with a contingent of Sarmatians.

Ca. 200 in Britain, twenty-five years after Marcus Aurelius conquered the Iazyges, there is a proliferation of inscriptions, some with pictures of warriors in steppe garb, bearing names such as Marcus Aurelius Castus and Aurelius Lucius. the vicus next to the fort became a veterans' settlement--Bremetennacum Veteranorum, with offspring of the serving soldiers supplying new recruits to the fort. The model for the Sarmatian enclave in Britain is very close to what Castus would have become familiar with in Syria during his initial years as a centurion. However, the archaelogical absence of female cultural remains of Sarmatian female population indicates that the soldiers likely did not bring their families and took local wives and consorts. DNA testing among the population in the historical vicinity of the Votadini show that Sarmatian DNA is present in the population at a higher percentage than in other places in Britain. The Dacian emblem of the Red Dragon became the insignia of the regiment commanded by Artoris.

In 180-185, the Romans suffered heavy losses north and south of the Wall, when the Picts invaded far enough into Roman territory to assassinate the governor of Britain and the legate of the VI Victrix at Eboracum. While the main body of the VI Victrix revolted, the territory controlled by Bremetennacum remained at peace. It is possible that Castus had been able to secure a measure of political advantage through a marital alliance. Castus was subsequently promoted to dux and sent to Armorica to put down an uprising.

Sources

1. ↑ Aventinus_annales.html -
2. ↑ Cassius Dio -

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