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censorship of Appius Claudius Caecus (312), who constructed the Aqua Appia and theVia Appia, between Rome and Capua with its associated Forum Appi. 1The censor of312 completed these projects amid senatorial complaints, 127 and they became a symbol of1OHRoman control over Campania and the Tyrrhenian Coast. Our only evidence of P.Claudius Pulcher's role in the supplementation of Cales is an inscription found in thecolony. 129This suggests that there could have been other colonization efforts notrecorded by Livy. Moreover, there is no way to know whether this supplementation wasstate-sanctioned or derived completely from the founder's initiative.In 184, M. Fulvius Flaccus and Q. Fulvius Nobilior established the colonies ofPotentia and Pisaurum on the Adriatic coastline. Ten years later, his brother Q. FulviusFlaccus (cens. 174) arranged contracts for projects in Potentia and Pisaurum, Fundi, andSinuessa with the communities' own funds; this was a significant innovation in the scopeof the censors' operational milieu.Q. Fulvius Flaccus' colleague, A. Postumius,balked at the extension of contracting activities and demanded an order from the senateand people, although probably not because the innovation was unconstitutional butbecause of personal rivalry between the censors and because the contracts would gain theFulvii additional support in Potentia and Pisaurum.126 Livy 9.29.6. MRR 1.160.127 Diod. Sic. 20.36.1.128 Cornell (1989), p. 372.129 CIL 6.1283 or I 2 .1.32 p. 200. Cf. Salmon (1970), pp. 90 and 102.130 For primary references see MRR 1.404. Scullard (1951), p. 192.131 Livy 41.27.11. The exact identification of M. Fulvius Flaccus and his relationship with Q. FulviusFlaccus is difficult, but Scullard's assertion that they are brothers is attractive. Scullard (1951), pp. 166 n.2, 178 n. 3, 190, 192, and 286. For the assertion that Postumius objected to the clients Q. Fulvius Flaccusmight have gained: Salmon (1970), p. 186 n. 181 and Scullard (1951), p. 192.85
Thus, there is a pattern of magistrates and their families cultivating regionalconcerns created or strengthened by colonization. Some generals later led colonies totheirprovinciae: M. Aemilius Lepidus, M. Tuccius, and L. Valerius Flaccus. Otherscolonized the same area in different ways and at different times: M. Baebius Tamphilusand T. Quinctius Flamininus. Yet another group colonized or showed favor to placeswhere their family had prior connections or had colonized: Cn. Baebius Tamphilus, C.Flaminius, P. Claudius Pulcher, and Q. Fulvius Flaccus. This trend probably does notmean that every commissioner had some prior attachment to the region in which hecolonized. It does indicate, however, that regional concerns were one of the motivationsfor triumviri to serve on a commission to found a colony.Perquisites of Founding a ColonyThe foundation of a colony was neither a completely altruistic act nor merely theperformance of one's duty to the state. Aside from possible connections to the regioncolonized, as outlined in the last section, there were distinct benefits that accrued to thecommissioners, including an increased clientele, political favor, assistance up the cursushonorum, and economic advantages. Unlike the regional concerns, we can assume thatthese benefits applied to all of the commissioners who chose to utilize them. They musthave had various levels of attraction for the individual commissioners, however.The most widely advantageous benefit to the commissioners was theaccumulation of 300 to 6,000 new clients, just for the time and trouble of establishing a86
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Thus, there is a pattern of magistrates and their families cultivating regionalconcerns created or strengthened by colonization. Some generals later led colonies totheirprovinciae: M. Aemilius Lepidus, M. Tuccius, and L. Valerius Flaccus. Otherscolonized the same area in different ways and at different times: M. Baebius Tamphilusand T. Quinctius Flamininus. Yet another group colonized or showed favor to placeswhere their family had prior connections or had colonized: Cn. Baebius Tamphilus, C.Flaminius, P. Claudius Pulcher, and Q. Fulvius Flaccus. This trend probably does notmean that every commissioner had some prior attachment to the region in which hecolonized. It does indicate, however, that regional concerns were one of the motivationsfor triumviri to serve on a commission to found a colony.Perquisites of Founding a ColonyThe foundation of a colony was neither a completely altruistic act nor merely theperformance of one's duty to the state. Aside from possible connections to the regioncolonized, as outlined in the last section, there were distinct benefits that accrued to thecommissioners, including an increased clientele, political favor, assistance up the cursushonorum, and economic advantages. Unlike the regional concerns, we can assume thatthese benefits applied to all of the commissioners who chose to utilize them. They musthave had various levels of attraction for the individual commissioners, however.The most widely advantageous benefit to the commissioners was theaccumulation of 300 to 6,000 new clients, just for the time and trouble of establishing a86
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