Titus Flavius Iuncus
(0192) Text: [T(itum) Flavium] | Iuncum | praef(ectum) coh(ortis) I | Pannoniorum, trib(unum) cohortis V Gemellae | civium Romanorum, | tribunum leg(ionis) X Fretensis, | praef(ectum) alae Gallor(um) veteranor(um), donato ab Imp(eratore) Traiano | in bello Parthico hasta pura | et corona vallari, proc(uratorem) Cilic(iae) | et Cypri, iuridicum Alexandreae | ad Aegyptum, proc(uratorem) | provinc(iae) Asiae, | decuriones et tabellari | et equites qui sunt | ad Lares Dominicos.
Translation: Titus Flavius Iuncus, prefect of cohors I Pannoniorum, tribune of cohors V Gemella civium Romanorum, tribune of legio X Fretensis, prefect of ala Gallorum veteranorum, receive as donative from imperator Trajan in the Parthian War the headless spear and upheld crown, procurator of Cilicia and Cyprus, administrator of justice in Egyptian Alexandria, procurator of the province of Asia. Decurions, tabellari, and equestrians at Lares Dominicum built this. (Trans. Christopher B. Zeichmann)
Commentary: Titus Flavius Iuncus is the only equestrian officer known to have been born in Judaea. He hailed from Flavia Neapolis, likely the son of a post-War veteran colonist. Another inscription honours him (§193). cohors V Gemella c.R. is attested in diplomas of Syria Palaestina starting 139 CE (with §211) and ala Gallorum veteranorum in diplomas of Judaea starting 86 CE (with §202). He likely spent ample time in his home province.
Provenience: Ephesus, Asia (Efus, Turkey) 120-136 CE
Bibliography: AE 1935.157; Edward Dąbrowa, Legio X Fretensis: A Prosopographical Study of Its Officers (I – III c. A.D.), Historia Einzelschriften 66 (Stuttgart: Steiner, 1993), 75-77; Werner Eck, “Flavius Iuncus, Bürger von Flavia Neapolis, ein kaiserlicher Prokurator? Zur Integration der Führungsgeschichten der Provinz Iudaea ins römische Imperium,” Acta Classica 42 (1999): 67-75.