Publilius Memorialis
(0164) Text: […] Publilio L(ucii) f(ilio) Fa[l(erna)] | Memoriali, | [p]raef(ecto) fabr(um), praef(ecto) coh(ortis) III | [C]yrenaicae sagittarior(um), | [tr]ib(uno) milit(um) leg(ionis) X Fretensis, | [pra]ef(ecto) gentis Numidar(um), dilictat(ori) | [tir]onum ex Numidia lecto[r(um),] | [proc(uratori)] Aug(usti) in Africa, item m[…] | […a]e, item ferrar[iar(um) …]
Translation: Publilius Lucius son of Memorialis of the tribe Falerna, prefect of the engineers, prefect of cohors III Cyrenaica sagittariorum, military tribune of legio X Fretensis, prefect of the Numidian people in charge of recruitment from Numidia, Augustan procurator in Africa, likewise […], likewise iron […] (Trans. Christopher B. Zeichmann)
Commentary: As an officer in legio X Fretensis, Publilius Memorialis served in the province of Judaea. The exact date is uncertain, but he began his career in the early second century CE.
Provenience: Forum Clodii, Italia 110-150 CE
Bibliography: CIL 11.7754; ILS 3.9195; Edward Dąbrowa, Legio X Fretensis: A Prosopographical Study of Its Officers (I – III c. A.D.), Historia Einzelschriften 66 (Stuttgart: Steiner, 1993), 71-72.