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POMPEII
a craft united in the support of a candidate has been sufficiently
illustrated in another connection (p. 376). To these we may
add a recommendation found on a wall facing the temple of
Isis : Cn. Helvium Sabinum aed. Isiaci universi rog\ant\,—‘ The
worshippers of Isis, as a body, request the election of Gnaeus
Helvius Sabinus as aedile.’ A suburb also might have a candi-
date, as in the following instance : M. Epidium Sabinum aed.
Campanienses rog.,— ‘The inhabitants of the Pagus Campanus
ask for the election of Marcus Epidius Sabinus as aedile.’
Sometimes all those who are engaged in an occupation are
urged to support a candidate. ‘ Innkeepers, make Sallustius
Capito aedile,’ we read in one notice. In others, various classes
of citizens having a common bond, as the ballplayers, and the
dealers in perfumes, are exhorted to work for the election of a
candidate presumably favorable to their interests. In one in-
stance there is a direct appeal to an individual, involving a
pledge of future support: Sabinum aed\ilem~\, Procule, fac, et
ills te faciet, — ‘ Proculus, make Sabinus aedile, and he will do
as much for you.’
In view of the deep interest in the municipal elections, re-
vealed by these notices, it is not surprising to find that the
support of a candidate by a man of unusual prominence was
extensively advertised. In three different parts of the city the
attention of voters was directed to the fact that Suedius Clemens,
the commissioner sent by Vespasian to decide the ownership of
certain plots of ground (p. 399), favored the election of Epidius
Sabinus as duumvir. One of the notices reads : M. Epidium
Sabinum IL vir. lur. die. 0. v. f., dipnum iuvenem, Suedius
Clemens sanctissimus index facit vicinis rogantibus, — ‘ At the
request of the neighbors, Suedius Clemens, most upright judge, is
working for the election of Marcus Epidius Sabinus, a worthy
young man, as duumvir with judiciary authority. He begs of
you to elect this candidate.’
So public a method of pressing a candidacy put a formidable
weapon into the hands of the candidate’s enemies, and the form
of a recommendation was sometimes used against an office
seeker with telling effect. Vatiam aed. furunculi rog., — ‘ The
sneak thieves request the election of Vatia as aedile,’ we find
POMPEII
a craft united in the support of a candidate has been sufficiently
illustrated in another connection (p. 376). To these we may
add a recommendation found on a wall facing the temple of
Isis : Cn. Helvium Sabinum aed. Isiaci universi rog\ant\,—‘ The
worshippers of Isis, as a body, request the election of Gnaeus
Helvius Sabinus as aedile.’ A suburb also might have a candi-
date, as in the following instance : M. Epidium Sabinum aed.
Campanienses rog.,— ‘The inhabitants of the Pagus Campanus
ask for the election of Marcus Epidius Sabinus as aedile.’
Sometimes all those who are engaged in an occupation are
urged to support a candidate. ‘ Innkeepers, make Sallustius
Capito aedile,’ we read in one notice. In others, various classes
of citizens having a common bond, as the ballplayers, and the
dealers in perfumes, are exhorted to work for the election of a
candidate presumably favorable to their interests. In one in-
stance there is a direct appeal to an individual, involving a
pledge of future support: Sabinum aed\ilem~\, Procule, fac, et
ills te faciet, — ‘ Proculus, make Sabinus aedile, and he will do
as much for you.’
In view of the deep interest in the municipal elections, re-
vealed by these notices, it is not surprising to find that the
support of a candidate by a man of unusual prominence was
extensively advertised. In three different parts of the city the
attention of voters was directed to the fact that Suedius Clemens,
the commissioner sent by Vespasian to decide the ownership of
certain plots of ground (p. 399), favored the election of Epidius
Sabinus as duumvir. One of the notices reads : M. Epidium
Sabinum IL vir. lur. die. 0. v. f., dipnum iuvenem, Suedius
Clemens sanctissimus index facit vicinis rogantibus, — ‘ At the
request of the neighbors, Suedius Clemens, most upright judge, is
working for the election of Marcus Epidius Sabinus, a worthy
young man, as duumvir with judiciary authority. He begs of
you to elect this candidate.’
So public a method of pressing a candidacy put a formidable
weapon into the hands of the candidate’s enemies, and the form
of a recommendation was sometimes used against an office
seeker with telling effect. Vatiam aed. furunculi rog., — ‘ The
sneak thieves request the election of Vatia as aedile,’ we find