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This inscription is very important as it helps defining the nature of such oaths for this specific period. In the oath in fact the two adoptive sons of Augustus, Giaus and Lucius are mentioned with their titles. According to recent studies this was requested from the Emperor, always very concerned with the issue of its successor to the throne. Finding out this piece of information required a comparison of different types of oath, but tells us now what a civic community like the one of Conobari did, and how far the request for personal and political commitment to the imperial family at the beginning of the era could go.






P(ublio) Petronio P(ubli) f(ilio) T[urpiliano proco(n)s(ule)] / M(arco) Alfio G(ai) f(ilio) Lachete [quaestore?] / T(itus) Quinctius T(iti) f(ilius) Silo P?[--- magistri et] senatus et populus Co[nobariensium] / in ea ve[rba iuraverunt] / [e]x mei animi sententia ut eg[o pro salute] / honore victoria Imp(eratoris) Caesa[ris Divi f(ilii)] / Augusti pontu[fic]is maxum[i et G(ai) Caesaris] / [A]ugusti f(ilii) princ[ip]is iu(v)entutis c[o(n)s(ulis) design(ati)] / pontuficis et pro L(uci) Caesaris Aug[usti f(ilii) et M(arci)] / Agrippae Augusti nepotis sente[ntiam] / faciam arma capiam eosdem [amicos] / sociosque quos eis esse intel[lexero] / habebo eosdemque inimicos m[eos esse] / statuam quos eorum partibus [animad]/vertero et si quis adversus [eos aliquid] / fecerint senserint eos terr[a marique usque] / ad internicionem persequa[r ------ (HD003856)

Under the governor (proconsul) Publius Petronius Turpilianus, son of Publius, and the quaestor (?) Marcus Alfius Laches, son of Caius, Titus Quinctius Silo, son of Titus, and P(---), the masters, and the senate and the people of Conobari swore the following oath of allegiance: to the best of my knowledge and belief, I swear that for the health, honour and victory of the Emperor Caesar Augustus, son of the Deified [Caesar], highest priest, and of Caius Caesar, son of Augustus, ‘prince of youth’, consul designate, priest, and for Lucius Caesar, son of Augustus, and of Marcus Agrippa, grandson of Augustus, I will speak out, I will take up arms, and I will have as friends and allies those whom I see are [friends to] them, and I will declare those as my enemies whom I see are against them; and if anyone acts or plots anything against them, I will pursue them unto death, on earth and sea (...). (EAGLEWIKIQ9709)

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