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THE PROCURATOR CAMPANIAE AND THE ‘LANDS OF CAPUA’ ON CRETE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2021

Sergio España-Chamorro*
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense de Madrid / Institut Ausonius

Abstract

This paper presents a new edition of a boundary stone between Capua (on Crete) and Knossos. I identify the post of Publius Messius Campanus as procurator Campaniae rather than procurator Caesaris. The appearance of the procurator Campaniae on Crete is linked to a dispute between the colony of Capua and a private citizen called Plotius Plebeius. This new reading has several important historical consequences: first, it is the earliest attestation of a procurator Campaniae (and the first outside Italy); second, it offers a new interpretation of the juridical category of Knossian lands as part of the ager vectigalis of the Italian colony of Capua in the form of a praefectura Campana or Capuensis; third, it proposes a reinterpretation of the process of arbitration between a public entity (Capua) and a private owner.

Ο procurator Campaniae και οι ‘Lands of Capua’ στην Κρήτη

Το άρθρο παρουσιάζει μια νέα έκδοση μιας επιγραφής που αναφέρεται σε οριοθέτηση μεταξύ της Καπύης και της Κνωσού. Ταυτίζεται και διερευνάται το αξίωμα του Publius Messius Campanus ο οποίος πλέον θεωρείται procurator Campaniae αντί procurator Caesaris. Η παρουσία ενός procurator Campaniae στην Κρήτη συνδέεται με μια διαμάχη μεταξύ της αποικίας της Καπύης κι ενός ιδιώτη, του Plotius Plebeius. Αυτή η νέα ανάγνωση συνεπάγεται ορισμένα σημαντικά ιστορικά συμεπράσματα. Πρώτον, αυτή είναι η παλαιότερη μαρτυρία ενός procurator Campaniae και η πρώτη εκτός Ιταλίας. Δεύτερον, προσφέρει μια νέα ερμηνεία για το νομικό καθεστώς των γαιών της Κνωσού ως τμήματος του ager vectigalis της ιταλικής αποικίας της Καπύης με τη μορφή μιας praefectura Campana ή Capuensis. Τρίτον, προτείνεται μια νέα ερμηνεία της διαμάχης ανάμεσα σε μια δημόσια οντότητα (Καπύη) κι έναν ιδιώτη.

Μετάφραση: Φ. Σουβαλίδου και Μ. Νικολακοπούλου

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