ProQuest Dissertations - Historia Antigua

enough to note that the benefits to the colonists were increased, which would perhapsincrease their loyalty to the commissioners, their patrons.Whether or not Pisaurum and Potentia were large citizen colonies, thecolonization efforts of the following year certainly were. Mutina and Parma (183 BCE)were founded by M. Aemilius Lepidus, L. Quinctius Crispinus, and T. Aebutius Parruswith the large number of colonists usually assigned to the Latin colonies, but thedesignation of a Roman citizen colony.These two colonies were placed so that theycould control the northern exits for the passes over the Apennines. 64Mutina also boasteda significant market at its border with Regium Lepidum, at Campi Macri on the riverSecchia. 65In 183, the Roman people elected to send a large Latin colony to Aquileia, mostlyin response to a Gallic settlement attempt on the territory in 186 BCE. The senatedebated whether to give the colony Latin or citizen status, but ultimately a Latin colonywas chosen due to the distance of Aquileia from Rome. 66The particularly high-poweredboard of commissioners included P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica, G. Flaminius, and L.Manlius Acidinus, the last of whom was commemorated with a statue to honor hispatronage of the colony. 67Due to the precariousness of the colony's position, theAquileians survived several Gallic attacks and finally sent to Rome to request additional53 Livy 39.55.6-8.64 Salmon (1970), p. 105-6. These are the Abetone, Cisa, and Futa passes respectively.65 Livy 41.18.5 and 45.12.11 for armies camping in this area in 176 and 168 BCE. Frayn (1993, pp. 140-141) suggests that the market arose from a supply depot.66 Livy 39.55.5-6 and 40.34.2-3. Salmon (1970), p. 106.67 CIL I 2 621. The remaining base dates to a period shortly after the foundation of the colony. Cf. Bispham(2006), p. 81. The other commissioners may have also been honored, but we have not yet found evidenceof this.68