It was built by the duumvir Marcus Tullius at his expense in honour of the Emperor Augustus. |
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He had risen through the bureaucracy of Naples as municipal quaestor, aedile, duumvir. |
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Son of a duumvir, he attended university in Carthage, Athens, and Rome and studied, amongst other subjects, Platonic philosophy and Latin oratory. |
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His father, as might be surmised, belonged to the decurial order and held public offices, including that of duumvir. |
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