Marcus Ulpius Januarius

Here are attested inscriptions for people named Marcus Ulpius Januarius / M. Ulpius Ianuarius, grouped by (Roman) province. I’ve included the key details and standard references.

Britannia

Site (modern) Ref. Date (approx.) Role / Status Notes Chester (Deva)RIB 506 2nd c. Decedent on tombstone “M(arcus) Ulp(ius) M(arci) f(ilius) Ulpi(a) Ianuarius, Traia(na), stipendiorum XIX, annorum XXXVII; heres fecit.” Origin Ulpia Traiana (interpreted as Xanten, Germania Inferior). Likely Legio XX Valeria Victrix context. Brough-on-Humber (Petuaria)RIB 707 A.D. 139–144 (Antoninus Pius) Aedile of the vicus Dedication of a theatre proscaenium at his own expense: “M. Ulpius Ianuarius, aedilis vici Petuariensis… de suo dedit.”

Moesia Superior (Danubian provinces)

Site (modern) Ref. Date (approx.) Role / Status Notes Ratiaria (Archar, Bulgaria) EDH HD032316 late 2nd–early 3rd c. beneficiarius consularis Name appears in an officials’ list: “M. Ulp(ius) Ianuarius b(ene)f(iciarius) c(onsularis) Rat(iaria).” (Poss.) Remesiana / Drava crossings Trismegistos TM 192932; scholarly discussion late 2nd–early 3rd c. cornicularius procuratoris (administrative officer) A Marcus Ulpius Ianuarius attested in Danubian context supervising a crossing; discussed in Mišić 2013. (Database stub + analysis.)

Italy (Urbs / Rome)

Site (modern) Ref. Date (approx.) Role / Status Notes Rome (Louvre, inv. Ma 3710) CIL VI 3307 (museum record) Imperial period Decedent Epitaph for Ulpius Januarius, of Pannonian origin, died aged 21y 5m; monument set up by Marcus Ulpius Speratus, eques singularis (cavalry of the emperor), his brother. (Here, the praenomen of Januarius isn’t given, but the pair shows the Ulpius nomen in the family.)

What this shows

The name Marcus Ulpius Januarius is well attested: notably a soldier/veteran at Deva (Chester) and a local magistrate (aedile) at Petuaria in Britain, plus administrative/military officials in the Danubian provinces and a related Ulpius Januarius in Rome. This pattern fits people or families enfranchised under/after Trajan (nomen Ulpius) with the popular cognomen Januarius.