Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 May 2015
Some thirty-five years ago, Passerini discussed the career of this eminent Flavian senator, inspired, it would appear, by the discovery of an inscription revealing his hitherto unknown legateship of Spain; but the possibilities of this inscription were not fully explored. A re-evaluation of Clemens' career seems desirable.
This is a modified version of part of a paper presented to a seminar in Ancient History held at the University of Tasmania in February 1976. Thanks are offered to those who were present foi stimulating discussion. Eck = W. Eck, Senatoren von Vespasian bis Hadrian (Munich, 1970). Eck, ANRW = W. Eck, ‘Beforderungskriterien innerhalb der senatorischen Laufbahn, dargestellt an der Zeit von 69 bis 138 n. Chr.’ Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt ii. 1 (Berlin/New York, 1974), pp. 158-228. FC = A. Degrassi, I fasti consolari dell' Impero Romano dal 30 avanti Cristo al 613 dopo Cristo (Rome, 1952). FH = G. Alföldy, Fasti Hispanienses (Wiesbaden, 1969). Passerini = A. Passerini, ‘M. Arrecino Clemente’, Athenaeum 18 (1940), 145-63. ST = R. Syme, Tacitus (Oxford, 1958). Townend = G. B. Townend, ‘Some Flavian Connections’, JRS 51 (1961), 54-62. Wilkes = J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia (London, 1969).