Tarraco

I started my search for more information about the man who dedicated a statue to his wife in Tarraco around the year 214, by focusing on his job title: Sevir Augustal. The Seviratus Augustalis was an urban institution of semi-official nature which was mainly held by wealthy freedmen in the first to the third century. Their functions were a cross between magistrate and priest for the cult of the Roman Emperor. There is not much documentation on what the Sevirs actually did.

What do we want to know about the people in the past? We want to know what we want to know about everyone: how did you fall in love? What was the story of your love?

Sometimes the people from the past leave us clues.