A Proconsul’s administration of Rome? The curator annonae Pompeius, recensus, and public meetings

Roman M. Frolov

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A Proconsul’s administration of Rome?

The curator annonae Pompeius, recensus, and public meetings

Frolov, Roman M.

From the journal Hermes Hermes, Volume 150, June 2022, issue 2

Published by Franz Steiner Verlag

article, 11356 Words
Original language: English
Hermes 2022, pp 190-210
https://doi.org/10.25162/hermes-2022-0012

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Research questions asked about Pompeius’ cura annonae – often termed “grain command” – dwell mainly on what made it more like any other promagistracy. Scholars tend to approach this office as if it were a kind of military command, albeit innovative. However, unlike promagistrates before him, Pompeius was endowed with the task which concerned the sphere domi. While not neglected, this aspect of Pompeius’ power becomes even more significant if appreciated through the lens of a more general problem of late-republican promagistrates’ interference in the sphere of domestic politics. This paper aims to supplement scholarly observations on the cura annonae, including F. Vervaet’s recent findings, by reconsidering especially the evidence on Pompeius’ making or revising a list of grain recipients.

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