Cyprian's second hearing before Galerius Maximus
The transmitted acts report that Galerius Maximus, proconsul, ordered Cyprian to be brought before him at the second hearing on 14 September 258.
What this does and does not establish
Anonymous transmitted acts, accessed through Wikisource revision 229321, derived from Migne's 1844 edition through Corpus Corporum; this is an attributed narrative, not authenticated verbatim court minutes. Row 27 places the proceeding at Sexti. Row 23 identifies Galerius Maximus as Paternus's successor and describes Cyprian's return from Curubis; row 19 locates the earlier proceeding at Carthage. This connected provincial setting supports North Africa, without establishing that Sexti was within Carthage. The comparison constitution supplies a consular synchronism only and concerns a different act.
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- Region
- Northern Africa
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- octava decima kalendarum octobrium, following idibus septembris, Tusco et Basso consulibus
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read cyprian-acts.wikitext rows 19, 23, 27 and 31 in full, with surrounding passages. Row 23 dates the preceding day to the Ides of September under Tuscus and Bassus; row 27 explicitly makes the hearing the next day, XVIII Kalendas Octobres, or 14 September by inclusive Roman counting. Read cj2-consular-comparison.txt rows 2853–2854 in full: '<A 258 PP. II ID. AUG. TUSCO ET BASSO CONSS.>' associates the same consuls with AD 258, at 12 August. This establishes the hearing's AD year only. Row 19's earlier hearing is separately dated III Kalendas Septembres under Valerian IV and Gallienus III, the preceding consular year, AD 257. Original quotation begins at line 27, character 4326.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Acta proconsularia sancti Cypriani
Anonymous Latin acts of Cyprian
Quoted text (Latin)
Et ita idem Galerius Maximus proconsul eadem die Cyprianum sibi offerri praecepitAI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
And thus the same Galerius Maximus, proconsul, ordered Cyprian to be brought before him that same day.
Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Anonymous, Acta procunsularia, Latin Wikisource contributors, https://la.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=229321; CC BY-SA 4.0; shared-alike project translation.
Exact source version
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