Marcus Paccius Silvanus Quintus Coredius Gallus Gargilius Antiquus (also known as Quintus Coredius Gallus Gargilius Antiquus) was a

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senator of the 2nd century. He was suffect consul in the '' nundinium'' of May to June 119 as the colleague of Quintus Vibius Gallus. Gargilius Antiquus is primarily known through inscriptions.

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Gargilius Antiquus probably had his origins in

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. The ''praenomen'' of his father (Publius) and his

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(Quirina) are known from inscriptions. The element "Marcus Paccius" points to a testimonial adoption by an otherwise unknown Paccius;

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(12.99) mentions a rich but childless Paccius, who was pursued by legacy hunters.Dov Gera and Hannah M. Cotton
"A Dedication from Dor to a Governor of Syria"
''Israel Exploration Journal'', 41 (1991), pp. 258–66 Gargilius Antiquus was the governor of

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from 116 to 119; in the latter year he was appointed suffect consul. He is attested as present in Rome on 15 October 134, when he was one of the witnesses for the ''

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nundinus slatus Berguensis''; later that year he returned to the East to serve as

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ar governor of

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in 134/135. Based on an inscription recovered from Dor in 1948, Gargilius Antiquus was known to have been the governor of a province in the eastern part of the Empire, initially supposed to be Syria, between his consulate and his term governing Asia. In November 2016, an inscription in Greek was recovered off the coast of Dor by

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underwater archaeologists, which attests to the fact that Antiquus was the 12th

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of the province of

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sometime between 120 and 130, in c. 124-125 or in 122-125, prior to the Bar Kokhba revolt.Divers Find Unexpected Roman Inscription From the Eve of Bar-Kochba Revolt
Haaretz.com (Last accessed 6 June 2017) He is known to have had a son, Lucius Pullaienus Gargilius Antiquus, who was suffect consul around 162.

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