Quintus Roscius Falco
(0181) Text: Q(uinto) Roscio Sex(ti) f(ilio) Qui(rina) Coelio Po[m-] | [p]eio Falconi decemviro stli[tibu]s iudicandis, trib(uno) mil(itum) leg(ionis) X [Gem(inae),] | [q]uaestori, trib(uno) pleb(is), pr(aetori) inter civ[es] | [et] peregrinos, leg(ato) Aug(usti) leg(ionis) V Maced(onicae), | [le]g(ato) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore) provin(ciae) Lyciae et Pam- | [ph]y(liae), leg(ato) Aug(usti) leg(ionis) X Fret(ensis) et leg(ato) pr(o) pr(aetore) | [pr]ovinciae Iudaeae, consularis, | XVviro sacris faciundis, curator(i) | viae Traianae, leg(ato) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore) provin(ciae) | Moes(iae) Inf(erioris) Πομπείον Φάλκονα | Αὖλος Λαβέριος Καμερῖνος καὶ | Λαβέριος Καμερῖνος υἱὸς αὐτοῦ | ἑκατοντάρχης λεγ(εῶνος) ε’ Μακεδονικῆς, | τὸν ἴδιον φίλον καὶ εὐεργέτην, ἐκ τοῦ | ἰδίου, τειμῆς ἕνεκεν.
Translation: Quintus Roscius Coelius Murena Silius Pompeius Falco, son of Sextus of the tribe Quirina. Decemvirate stlitibus iudicandis, praetor of the citizens and non-citizens, Augustan legate of legio V Macedonica, Augustan propraetorian legate of the province of Licia and Pamphyliae, Augustan legate of legio X Fretensis and propraetorian legate of the province of Judaea, consular suffect, quindecemvir administrator of the sacred rites, curator of Trajan’s Road, Augustan propraetorian legate of the province of Moesia Inferior. [Greek Text] Pompeius Falco Aulus Laberius Camerinus and his son Laberius Camerinus, centurion of legio V Macedonica, his friend and patron, from his own money, for the sake of honour. (Trans. adapted from Roman-Britain)
Commentary: Additional inscriptions honour Quintus Roscius Falco in §180 and §193. He was governor of Judaea 106-108 CE.
Provenience: Hierapolis Castabala, Turkey (Cilicia) 116-117 CE
Bibliography: CIL 3.12117; ILS 1.1036; IGR 3.902; Werner Eck, Rom und Judaea: Fünf Vorträge zur römischen Herrschaft in Palaestina, Tria Corda 2 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007), 114-115; Edward Dąbrowa, Legio X Fretensis: A Prosopographical Study of Its Officers (I – III c. A.D.), Historia Einzelschriften 66 (Stuttgart: Steiner, 1993), 36-38.