1. The stone, the moment, the genre1. 石碑、时刻、类型
If the SC de Bacchanalibus (case study #1) is the canonical Republican SC, the SC de Pisone Patre is the canonical Tiberian SC — the Imperial-era counterpart that lets the dossier read the genre across 206 years. Its discovery in 1988 was a landmark of late-twentieth-century epigraphy: until then, the trial of Piso for the death of Germanicus was known almost exclusively through Tacitus (Annales 3.7–18). The SCpP gives us the verdict in its own voice, in the senatorial chancery prose Tacitus selectively redacted. Lebek 1999 documents in extraordinary detail how Tacitus's narrative compresses, omits, and reorganises the SC's material — making the SCpP-vs-Tacitus comparison a textbook case for how literary historiography redacts documentary epigraphy. For the dossier's purposes, the SCpP's particular value is that it is intact, complete, dated to the day, and uses every major Imperial-era SC formula in one document. 若 SC de Bacchanalibus (案例 #1) 是标准的共和元老院决议, SC de Pisone Patre 即标准的提比略时期元老院决议 — 帝国时期对应物, 使项目能跨 206 年阅读此类型. 其 1988 年的发现是 20 世纪晚期铭文学的里程碑: 此前, 因 Germanicus 之死对 Piso 的审判几乎只通过 Tacitus (Annales 3.7–18) 了解. SCpP 以其自身的声音 — 即 Tacitus 有所选择删减的元老院文书散文 — 提供了判决. Lebek 1999 极为详尽地记录了 Tacitus 的叙述如何压缩、省略、重组 SC 材料, 使 SCpP 与 Tacitus 的对照成为文献史学如何删修文献铭文的教科书案例. 对项目而言, SCpP 的特别价值在于其完整、完好、日期精确至日, 且在一份文档中使用了所有主要的帝国时期 SC 公式.
2. The prescript and key passages, with formula highlights2. 开头与关键段落及公式高亮
prescript / convening formula开头 / 召集公式 relatio / transitionrelatio / 过渡 decretal verb (placere) + approval决议动词 + 批准 endorsement / opening gratiarum actio背书 / 开头致谢 publication clause公布条款
The SCpP is 176 lines / ~15,000 characters of continuous prose — too long to reproduce in full here. The passages below cover the canonical formulaic frame: (a) the dating prescript, (b) the witness list (scribendo adfuerunt), (c) the relatio Tiberius made to the Senate, (d) the transition into the decretum + the opening gratiarum-actio, and (e) the closing dating notice. Lebek 1999 walks through each in turn. The full text is available in data/normalised/edh.jsonl under uid edh:HD030785.
SCpP 共 176 行 / 约 15,000 字符连续散文 — 太长无法此处全文复制. 以下段落涵盖标准公式框架: (a) 日期开头, (b) 证人列表 (scribendo adfuerunt), (c) 提比略向元老院的 relatio, (d) 向 decretum 的过渡 + 开头致谢, (e) 结尾日期注. Lebek 1999 逐一详述. 完整文本见 data/normalised/edh.jsonl 中 uid 为 edh:HD030785 的记录.
(a) Lines 1–7 — Prescript + scribendo adfuerunt(a) 第1–7行 — 开头 + scribendo adfuerunt
(b) The relatio — Tiberius brings the case to the Senate(b) Relatio — 提比略向元老院提案
(c) The transition into the decretum — d.i.r.i.c. + gratiarum-actio opening(c) 过渡至 decretum — d.i.r.i.c. + 开头致谢
This is the heart of the Imperial-era SC. The transition formula de iis rebus ita censuerunt (Sherk 1970 p. 60, fully spelt out in the Bacchanalibus's de ea re ita censuerunt) is now abbreviated to d.i.r.i.c. on the bronze. The decretum opens not with the substantive ruling but with a formal gratiarum-actio — the Senate gives thanks first to the immortal gods, then to Tiberius. Lebek 1999 documents this as a Tiberian-era innovation; it does not appear in the Bacchanalibus, but becomes a fixture of the Imperial SC genre and is preserved verbatim in Tacitus's compressed account (Annales 3.18). 这是帝国时期 SC 的核心. 过渡公式 de iis rebus ita censuerunt (Sherk 1970 p. 60, 在 Bacchanalibus 中完整拼写为 de ea re ita censuerunt) 在青铜板上简写为 d.i.r.i.c. Decretum 不以实质裁决开头, 而以正式 gratiarum-actio — 元老院首先感谢不朽诸神, 然后感谢提比略. Lebek 1999 将其记录为提比略时期的创新; Bacchanalibus 中并无此项, 但成为帝国 SC 类型的固定特征, 并在 Tacitus 的压缩叙述 (Annales 3.18) 中逐字保留.
(d) Closing dating notice — Tiberius's manu mea addition(d) 结尾日期注 — 提比略亲笔添加
3. Slot-by-slot decomposition (Sherk's scheme + Imperial-era modifications)3. 逐槽分解 (Sherk 框架 + 帝国时期修正)
Sherk 1970 p. 60 lists six diagnostic Imperial-era modifications to the Republican scheme: (1) convening magistrate's name omitted, (2) transition formula extended to quid de ea re fieri placeret, de ea re ita censuerunt, (3) motives migrate into the decretum proper, (4) placere becomes common, (5) attendance count appears at the end, (6) named proposer from Hadrian onward. The SCpP exhibits 5 of the 6 (the proposer is still unnamed in 20 CE — Mommsen's rule). Sherk's table rendered against the SCpP: Sherk 1970 p. 60 列出六个对共和框架的诊断性帝国时期修正: (1) 召集行政官名字省略, (2) 过渡公式扩展为 quid de ea re fieri placeret, de ea re ita censuerunt, (3) 动机迁入 decretum 正文, (4) placere 变得常见, (5) 出席人数出现于结尾, (6) Hadrian 以后出现命名提案人. SCpP 展现六者中的五者 (公元 20 年提案人仍未命名 — Mommsen 规则). Sherk 表对照 SCpP:
| Sherk | Slot槽 | Surface text in SCpPSCpP 中的表面文本 | Formula UID / status |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.1 | Convening magistrate | omitted per Sherk modification #1 — but Tiberius's name dominates the relatio | (Imperial change vs Bacchanalibus's named consuls) |
| A.2 | Convening verb | not present at A.2 position; instead ad senatum rettulit appears later in the relatio (at line 6) — the convening + relating action is consolidated | — |
| A.3 | Date | A. d. IIII Eid. Dec. (10 December) | — |
| A.4 | Place | in Palatio in porticu quae est ad Apollinis (Portico of Apollo on the Palatine) | — |
| A.5 | Witnesses (scribendo adfuerunt) | [scribendo] adfuerunt + 11+ named senators incl. M. Valer. Messallinus (cos. 3 BCE), Ateius Capito, Sex. Pompeius, M. Pompeius Priscus, ... | F.LAT_SCRIBENDO_ADFUERUNT (lacunose at "scribendo") |
| B | Theme / Relatio | quod Ti. Caesar Aug. ... ad senatum rettulit qualis causa Cn. Pisonis patris visa esset et an merito sibi mortem conscisse videretur ... — Tiberius puts four questions to the Senate | F.LAT_QUOD_VERBA_FECIT (in the variant quod ... ad senatum rettulit) |
| C.0 | Transition | senatus d. i. r. i. c. (de iis rebus ita censuerunt) — the abbreviated form | F.LAT_DE_EA_RE_ITA_CENSUERUNT |
| C.1 | Opening gratiarum-actio (new in Imperial era per Sherk #3) | senatum populumque Romanum ante omnia dis immortalibus gratias agere ... deinde Ti. Caesari Augusto principi nostro ... | F.LAT_GRATIAS_AGERE |
| C.2 | Decretum #1: Cn. Piso's posthumous condemnation | (lines 12–73, decretals on Piso the elder's damnatio memoriae: removal of images, no mourning, sale of property, etc.) | uses placere formulae (5 instances of F.LAT_PLACERE) |
| C.3 | Decretum #2: M. Piso (the son) — acquittal with conditions | (lines 90–105) | — |
| C.4 | Decretum #3: Plancina (the wife) — acquittal at Augusta's intercession | (lines 109–120) | — |
| C.5 | Decretum #4: Visellius Karus, Sempronius Bassus — condemned with Piso | (lines 120–123) | — |
| C.6 | Endorsement formula | recte atque ordine — binding magistrates' future conduct to the SC's publication clauses | F.LAT_RECTE_ATQUE_ORDINE |
| E.1 | Publication clause — the tiered bronze distribution | (lines 165–173) cuiusque provinciae capital cities + cuiusque legionis winter camps — the SC ordered posted on bronze across Rome, every provincial capital, and every legionary signum-shrine | F.LAT_PROPONI_IN_PUBLICO (in an expanded form) |
| E.2 | Closing dating notice (Tiberius's manu mea) | hoc s. c. quod est factum idus IIII Decem. | — |
| E.3 | Attendance count (Sherk modification #5) | in senatu fuerunt [N] | F.LAT_IN_SENATU_FUERUNT |
What this table makes plain: the SC genre has expanded substantially since 186 BCE, but the expansion is additive, not transformative. Every Republican slot is still present (the witness list, the relatio, the closing approval, the publication clause); five new slot-types have been added (the gratiarum-actio opening, the named addressee, the multi-defendant decretum sequence, the tiered publication clause, the closing dating notice). The Republican four-part scheme is still the structural backbone Sherk identifies; the Tiberian SC has simply built out an additional storey on top. The pedagogical hypothesis the dossier asks students to test (in INSTRUCTOR_WK13.md Exercise 6) — that SC formulae are stable across 350 years — is, in this case study, exactly visible: scribendo adfuerunt, de [ea/iis] re[bus] ita censuerunt, and censuere/placere all appear here as they appeared in Bacchanalibus, just within an expanded outer frame. 表清楚说明: 自公元前 186 年以来, SC 类型已大幅扩展, 但扩展是叠加性的, 而非变革性. 每个共和槽仍然存在 (证人列表、relatio、结尾批准、公布条款); 增加了五个新槽类型 (开头致谢、命名收件人、多被告 decretum 序列、分级公布条款、结尾日期注). Sherk 识别的共和四部框架仍是结构骨干; 提比略 SC 仅是在其上加建一层. 项目要求学生测试的教学假设 (INSTRUCTOR_WK13.md 练习 6) — SC 公式跨 350 年稳定 — 在此案例中正可见到: scribendo adfuerunt, de [ea/iis] re[bus] ita censuerunt, censuere/placere 在此皆出现, 一如其在 Bacchanalibus 中, 只是在扩展的外框之内.
4. English translation (key passages)4. 英文翻译 (关键段落)
Lines 1–7 (prescript). On the 4th day before the Ides of December [= 10 December], in the Palatine, in the portico beside the temple of Apollo. For the redaction there were present: Marcus Valerius son of Marcus, of the Lemonia tribe, Messallinus; Caius Ateius son of Lucius, of the Aniensis tribe, Capito; Sextus Pompeius son of Sextus, of the Arnensis tribe; Marcus Pompeius son of Marcus, of the Teretina tribe, Priscus; Caius Arrenus son of Caius, of the Galeria tribe, Gallus; Lucius Nonius son of Lucius, of the Pomptina tribe, Asprenas, quaestor; Marcus Vinicius son of Publius, of the Poblilia tribe, quaestor ...
Lines 5–10 (relatio). Inasmuch as Tiberius Caesar Augustus, son of the divine Augustus, pontifex maximus, holding the tribunician power for the 22nd time, consul for the third time and designated for the fourth, brought before the Senate: what verdict shall be passed on the case of Cn. Piso the elder, and whether it appears that he rightly took his own life; and what verdict on the case of Marcus Piso, his son, to which relation Tiberius added that this body should be mindful of his prayers on behalf of the youth; and what verdict on the case of Plancina, on whose behalf Tiberius had earlier pleaded and stated his reasons; and what verdict on Visellius Karus and Sempronius Bassus, the companions of Cn. Piso the elder.
Lines 10–22 (transition + gratiarum-actio opening). The Senate decreed on these matters as follows: the Senate and the Roman People give thanks above all to the immortal gods that they did not suffer the tranquillity of the present state of the Republic — than which a better could not be wished — and the benefit which it is our fortune to enjoy through our princeps to be disturbed by the criminal designs of Cn. Piso the elder; and then [give thanks] to Tiberius Caesar Augustus, our princeps, because he has given the Senate the opportunity to investigate all matters necessary for ascertaining the truth — whose fairness and patience the Senate admires also on this account, that although Cn. Piso the elder's crimes are absolutely manifest and he himself has taken his own life, [Tiberius] nevertheless wished his case to be investigated and his sons to be summoned and encouraged to defend their father's case, so that he wished even him who was not yet of senatorial rank [M. Piso] to be brought into the Senate for that purpose.
Lines 165–173 (publication clause). [The Senate decrees] that this SC, engraved on bronze, be posted in the most frequented place at Rome, also in the chief city of each province, and in the winter quarters of each legion in the principia near the standards.
Lines 173–174 (closing dating notice, Tiberius's manu mea). This SC, which was made on the 4th day before the Ides of December [= 10 December].
5. Historical context — the trial of Cn. Piso, 17–20 CE5. 历史背景 — Cn. Piso 审判, 公元 17–20 年
Germanicus, Tiberius's adopted son, died at Antioch on 10 October 19 CE. The Roman world had widely (and credibly) suspected Cn. Calpurnius Piso, governor of Syria, of having poisoned him. Piso returned to Rome in late 19 CE to face prosecution before the Senate, sitting as a high court under Tiberius's chairmanship. The trial extended from December 19 into 20 CE; on or near 8 December 20, Piso took his own life rather than await the verdict. The SCpP — passed on 10 December 20 — is the Senate's formal disposition of the case after Piso's death, condemning him posthumously while sparing the other defendants (Piso's son M. Piso, his wife Plancina at Augusta's intercession, his comites Visellius Karus and Sempronius Bassus). Germanicus, 提比略养子, 于公元 19 年 10 月 10 日卒于 Antioch. 罗马世界普遍 (且可信地) 怀疑 Syria 总督 Cn. Calpurnius Piso 毒害了他. Piso 于公元 19 年末返回罗马, 在元老院前接受起诉, 元老院在提比略主持下作为高等法院开庭. 审判从 12 月 19 日延伸至公元 20 年; 公元 20 年 12 月 8 日前后, Piso 自尽以免裁决. SCpP — 公元 20 年 12 月 10 日通过 — 是元老院在 Piso 死后对案件的正式处置, 对其作出追溯性判决, 同时赦免其他被告 (Piso 之子 M. Piso, 其妻 Plancina 经 Augusta 求情, 其 comites Visellius Karus 与 Sempronius Bassus).
The SC orders posted in bronze across Rome, in the chief city of every province, and at every legionary signum-shrine across the empire. Until 1988, no copy was known; Tacitus's Annales 3.7–18 was the principal source. The 1988–1989 finds in Hispania Baetica (one full copy from El Nido del Grajo + several fragments from neighbouring sites) gave the SC back to us almost intact. Each of the ten or so legions stationed in 20 CE had its own bronze copy; the multiple Baetican finds reflect the SC's circulation through that province's network of administrative centres. SC 命令以青铜在罗马、每个省份的首府、帝国各军团军旗祠张贴. 至 1988 年, 无副本为人知; Tacitus 的 Annales 3.7–18 为主要来源. 1988–1989 年在 Hispania Baetica 的发现 (El Nido del Grajo 一份完整副本 + 邻近站点几份残片) 使我们近乎完整地获得 SC. 公元 20 年驻扎的约十个军团各有其青铜副本; Baetica 的多处发现反映 SC 通过该省行政中心网络的流通.
6. Scholarship synthesis6. 学术综合
Lebek 1999 — the SCpP and Tacitus, in counterpoint
"Während Tacitus den Eindruck vermittelt, daß der Piso-Prozeß weit vor dem Jahresende 20 n. Chr. stattgefunden hat, gibt das S.C. de Pis. patre an zwei Stellen für das Schlußurteil den 10. Dezember als Datum: Z. 1 A(nte) d(iem) IIII eid(us) Dec(embres) und – in einer ursprünglich von Tiberius eigenhändig (manu mea) hinzugefügten Notiz – Z. 174f. h(oc) s(enatus) c(onsultum), quod / e<s>t factum idus IIII Decem(bres)."
Lebek 1999, ZPE 128, pp. 183–184. Excerpted in dossier_workspace/excerpts_latin_sc.md §5.3.
Lebek's article is the central scholarly treatment of the SCpP's diachronic relationship with Tacitus. He documents in extraordinary detail (1) how the SC's date (10 December 20) contradicts the impression Tacitus gives of a much earlier trial conclusion; (2) how Tacitus, in his condensed Annales 3.18 paraphrase, preserves the SC's gratiarum-actio opening verbatim (the only direct quotation from the SC that survives in his account); (3) how the SC's scribendo adfuerunt witness list names Messallinus — the consul of 3 BCE — first, which reveals that Messallinus, a senior consularis, controlled the redaction of his own sententia (Mommsen's rule: SCs never name the proposer of a motion, only the witnesses to the redaction). The SCpP is the dossier's strongest evidence for the gap between documentary-epigraphic record and literary-historiographical narrative — exactly the question Roueché 2022 raises about model-vs-historian readings in INSTRUCTOR_WK14.md. Lebek 文章是 SCpP 与 Tacitus 之间历时关系的核心学术处理. 他以极详尽方式记录 (1) SC 日期 (公元 20 年 12 月 10 日) 如何与 Tacitus 给出的审判较早结束的印象相矛盾; (2) Tacitus 在其压缩的 Annales 3.18 摘要中如何逐字保留 SC 的开头致谢 (其叙述中唯一存留的 SC 直接引语); (3) SC 的 scribendo adfuerunt 证人列表如何首先列出 Messallinus — 公元前 3 年的执政官 — 这揭示了资深 consularis Messallinus 控制了自己 sententia 的起草 (Mommsen 规则: SC 从不命名议案提案人, 仅列起草证人). SCpP 是项目对文献铭文记录与文学历史叙述之间差距的最强证据 — 正是 Roueché 2022 在 INSTRUCTOR_WK14.md 中对模型-vs-历史学家阅读所提的问题.
Eck, Caballos & Fernández 1996 — the editio princeps
The 1996 monograph (W. Eck, A. Caballos, F. Fernández, Das senatus consultum de Cn. Pisone patre, Vestigia 48, Munich) is the foundational edition: text, apparatus criticus, commentary, photographic plates of all the surviving bronze fragments. Eck's commentary establishes the SC's lineation (176 lines on copy A), its prosopography (every named senator in the scribendo adfuerunt list identified), its diplomatic principles, and the relationship between the multiple bronze copies discovered in Baetica. The dossier's general knowledge folder holds this volume; it is image-only and pending OCR (per html_dossier_plan.md §2.4 / §6.2). Cooley 2023 supersedes its translation but not its diplomatic apparatus.
1996 年专著 (W. Eck, A. Caballos, F. Fernández, Das senatus consultum de Cn. Pisone patre, Vestigia 48, München) 是基础版本: 文本、apparatus criticus、注释、所有存留青铜残片的摄影图版. Eck 的注释确立了 SC 的行数 (副本 A 共 176 行)、其 prosopography (在 scribendo adfuerunt 列表中命名的每位元老皆已识别)、其 diplomatic 原则, 以及 Baetica 发现的多份青铜副本之间的关系. 项目 general knowledge 文件夹收藏此卷; 其为图像形式, 待 OCR (见 html_dossier_plan.md §2.4 / §6.2). Cooley 2023 取代其翻译但未取代其 diplomatic apparatus.
Cooley 2023 — the new translation and commentary
Cooley's 2023 monograph, The Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone Patre, is the most recent full-scale English commentary. It supplements Eck/Caballos/Fernández with (a) a new translation accessible to non-specialist readers, (b) thorough discussion of the SC's preservation context in Baetica (including the new bronze fragments published since 1996), (c) extended consideration of the political role of Augusta (Livia) in the Plancina acquittal. The dossier's general knowledge folder holds this volume in clean-text form (see 2023 cooley the senatus consultum de cn pisone patre.pdf). For Week 14 / Week 15 classroom use, Cooley 2023 is the canonical English-language entry point.
Cooley 2023 专著 The Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone Patre 是最新的全面英语注释. 它在 Eck/Caballos/Fernández 之外补充 (a) 适合非专业读者的新译, (b) SC 在 Baetica 保存语境的彻底讨论 (包括 1996 年以来发表的新青铜残片), (c) Augusta (Livia) 在 Plancina 获释中政治角色的延伸思考. 项目 general knowledge 文件夹以洁净文本形式收藏此卷 (见 2023 cooley the senatus consultum de cn pisone patre.pdf). 第14/15周课堂使用, Cooley 2023 为标准英文入口.
Sherk 1970 — the Imperial-era six modifications, exemplified here
"An examination of the senatus consulta from the age of Augustus onward shows that a number of changes had been made in the scheme presented above. 1. The name of the magistrate who convened the senate is omitted. 2. The formula of transition is extended to quid de ea re fieri placeret, de ea re ita censuerunt. 3. The motives for passing the decree tend to appear in the decree proper, introduced by cum. 4. Placere or senatui placere becomes common. 5. The number of senators present at the meeting is noted at the end. 6. After Hadrian (or Antoninus Pius) the name of the senator whose sententia was followed in the decree is given."
Sherk 1970, pp. 59–60. Excerpted in dossier_workspace/excerpts_latin_sc.md §5.1.
The SCpP exhibits five of Sherk's six diagnostic Imperial-era modifications. Only #6 (named proposer) is absent — the SC is still Tiberian (20 CE), pre-Hadrian (117 CE). This makes the SCpP, in Sherk's framework, the canonical example of the early-Imperial SC: one transitional generation past the Republican baseline, one transitional generation before the High Imperial named-proposer convention. SCpP 展现 Sherk 六个诊断性帝国时期修正中的五个. 仅 #6 (命名提案人) 缺席 — SC 仍为提比略时期 (公元 20 年), 早于 Hadrian (公元 117 年). 这在 Sherk 框架内使 SCpP 成为 早期帝国 SC 的标准范例: 距共和基线已过一代, 距高级帝国命名提案人惯例还差一代.
7. Matrix-Hub companion editions (magalia.wiki)7. 配套评注本 · magalia.wiki 铭文矩阵
⚜ This decree is also edited as a research-grade critical commentary in the matrix-hub family on magalia.wiki.本决议亦于 magalia.wiki 铭文矩阵家族中以研究级评注本形式出版。
- Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone Patre — interactive critical commentary — verbatim Latin text + translation + apparatus + section-by-section commentary; the founding stone of the matrix-hub Roman-governance corpus.原拉丁文 + 译文 + 校勘 + 逐节评注；matrix-hub 罗马治理语料库之奠基评注本。
- Senatus consulta as a genre — comparative slot tables across the SCPP, SC Germanici, Lex Valeria Aurelia, CIL 6.31199, Drusus rogatio, and Decreta Pisana — methodological sibling of the present case study's slot decomposition.SCPP、SC Germanici、Lex Valeria Aurelia、CIL 6.31199、德鲁苏斯议案、比萨诸决议之槽位比较表, 为本案例槽位分解之方法论姊妹。
8. Cross-references (within Formula Dossier)8. 互参（项目内）
Within the formula dossier项目内
- Formula bank entries: F.LAT_SCRIBENDO_ADFUERUNT · F.LAT_DE_EA_RE_ITA_CENSUERUNT · F.LAT_PLACERE (5 instances in this text — the corpus's densest cluster) · F.LAT_GRATIAS_AGERE (the Tiberian opening) · F.LAT_IN_SENATU_FUERUNT · F.LAT_RECTE_ATQUE_ORDINE.
- Diachronic counterparts: Case study #1 — SC de Bacchanalibus (186 BCE) documents this same formula family 206 years earlier; case study #3 (SC Beguensis, 138 CE, planned) extends the line a further 118 years.
- Cross-influence network: in the Cross-influence tab, this SC is one of the 123 bridge inscriptions; its F.LAT_SCRIBENDO_ADFUERUNT bridges to the Greek calque F.GRAFOMENON_PARESAN (Rhodes & Lewis 1997 ch. 6).
- Institution tree: the SCpP sits at roman:senatus_romanus (90 records); the diff against greek_civic:Athens:boule_kai_demos shows the dossier's central thesis (structural homology, zero lexical overlap) most vividly.
- Geography: pinned at Hispania Baetica (37.39 N, -6.00 E) — the SC's *circulation* shows on the map, not its place of issue (which was Rome).
- Workbench Exercise 4: the lacunose-fragment exercise "Scribendo adfuerunt — SC de Cn. Pisone patre" in ../restoration.html, targeting scribendo. INSTRUCTOR_WK14.md guides the classroom comparison of Ithaca's prediction vs the philological supplement.
To the wider epigraphic literature至更广文献
- Tabula Siarensis (AE 1984, 508) — 19 CE, the SC honouring Germanicus posthumously, one year before the SCpP. Same Tiberian chancery style; same formal scaffolding. Case study #6 candidate.
- Tabula Hebana (AE 1949, 215) — 19/20 CE, the related SC on Germanicus's honores. The three together (Hebana / Siarensis / Pisone Patre) constitute the Tiberian senatorial corpus.
- SC de Larinum / Tabula Larinas (AE 1978, 145) — 19 CE, another contemporary SC restricting senatorial-class participation in gladiatorial shows. The Larinum and the SCpP together let us see the Tiberian SC genre at full breadth.
- Tacitus, Annales 3.7–18 — the literary parallel. Lebek 1999 is the canonical comparison.
8. Bibliography8. 参考文献
- Caballos, A., Eck, W. & Fernández, F. 1996. El senadoconsulto de Gneo Pisón padre. Sevilla. (Companion to Eck/Caballos/Fernández 1996, in Spanish.)
- Cooley, A. E. 2023. The Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone Patre. (In the dossier
general knowledgefolder: 2023 cooley the senatus consultum de cn pisone patre.pdf.) The current canonical English commentary. - Eck, W., Caballos, A. & Fernández, F. 1996. Das senatus consultum de Cn. Pisone patre. Vestigia 48. München: Beck. (In the dossier
general knowledgefolder, image-only, pending OCR: 1996 eck das senatus consultum de cn. pisone patre.pdf.) The editio princeps. - Lebek, W. D. 1999. "Das Senatus consultum de Cn. Pisone patre und Tacitus." ZPE 128: 183–211. (In the dossier
general knowledgefolder: 1999 lebek senatus consultum.pdf.) The canonical SCpP-vs-Tacitus comparison. - Rowe, G. 2002. Princes and Political Cultures: The New Tiberian Senatorial Decrees. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. (Reads the SCpP alongside Hebana and Siarensis as a single Tiberian senatorial-decree corpus.)
- Sherk, R. K. 1970. The Municipal Decrees of the Roman West. Arethusa Monographs III, Buffalo. (pp. 59–60: the six Imperial-era modifications exemplified here.)
- Tacitus, Annales 3.7–18. (Loeb edition.) The literary counterpart.
Bibliography audited (M18): only entries with a matching file in the dossier's local general-knowledge folder are retained. Foundational external editions (e.g. Inscriptiones Graecae, Reynolds 1982 Aphrodisias and Rome) are referenced in-line by inscription number where needed but not listed as bibliography items.
For the full thematic bibliography of all SC scholarship in the dossier, see dossier_workspace/general_knowledge_thematic.md Bucket 2.