Lucius Artorius Castus b. about 120

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about 120 birth: Near Campagnia Italy

child birth: Ψ Person:565837 [?]

child birth: Ψ Person:483514 [?]

child birth: Ψ Person:483160 [?]

military service: Judea, VI Ferrata

military service: Danube Lower Pannonia at Aquincum, II Adiutrix

military service: Potaissa in Dacia, V Macedonica

retirement: Liburnia, Dalmatia, Procurator Centenarius

148 military service: York (England), Legion VI Victrix

158 military service: Syria, III Gallica (Centurian of the Equestrian Class)

172 title: Danubia, Primus pilus during the battle of Iazyges

175 title: Britain, Praefectus Cohortis of the Dacio-Sarmatian Contingency VI Victrix

181 title: Bremetennacum on Murus Hadrianus, Britain, Praefectus Alae of VI Victrix (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 military service: Military Expedition to Armorica

196 title: Britain, Master Strategist of the Severine Forces

between 201 and 204 child birth: Governor of Moesia Inferior , ♂ Lucius Aurelius Gallus ? (The Second of That Name) [Gens Aurelia] b. between 201 and 204

burial: Stobreč, Then called : Epetium

Notes

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.

In 172, while serving as Primus Pilus along the Danube, Castus and fifty-five hundred of the eight thousand Sarmatian cavalry conscripted by Marcus played a major role in the Roman victory when they conquered the Iazyges.

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. His family is thought to have persisted for some time as the military records indicate the career of Lucius Artorius Pius Maximus during the reign of Emperor Diocletian between 245-311)

The Memorial Inscription =

To the divine shades, Lucius Artorius Castus, centurion of the Third Legion Gallica, also centurion of the Sixth Legion Ferrata, also centurion of the Second Legion Adiutrix, also centurion of the Fifth Legion Macedonica, also chief centurion of the same legion, in charge of (Praepositus) the Misenum fleet, prefect* of the Sixth Legion Victrix, commander of two** British legions against the Armenians, centenary procurator of Liburnia with the power of the sword. He himself (set this up) for himself and his family in his lifetime.***

Sources

1. ↑ Aventinus_annales.html -
2. ↑ Cassius Dio - Castus relates his story to Cassius Dio whose father, Marcus Cassius Apronianus, is the Governor or Dalmatia.
3. ↑ Keppie, Lawrence, Legions and veterans: Roman army papers 1971-2000, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2000, p. 168. -
4. ↑ Klebs, Elimar, Dessau, Hermann, Prosopographia imperii romani saec. I. II. III, Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, p. 155 -
5. ↑ Malcor, Linda, "Lucius Artorius Castus, Part 1: An Officer and an Equestrian" Heroic Age, 1, 1999 -
6. ↑ Mommsen, Theodor (ed.), Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL), vol. III, no. 1919 (p 1030, 2328,120); no. 8513; no. 12813; no. 12791 (p 2258, 2328,120); no. 14224 -
7. ↑ Webster, Graham, The Roman Imperial Army of the first and second centuries A.D., University of Oklahoma Press, edition 3, 1998, pp. 112–114 -
8. ↑ Birley, Anthony, The Roman Government of Britain, Oxford, 2005, p. 355 -
9. ↑ http://www.heroicage.org/issues/1/halac.htm - Last Retrieved on 20150913

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