All Roman citizens born at Pompeii were enrolled in the voting tribe Menenia. Individuals from other voting tribes, therefore, must have originated from some other town (G60: Tomb 23 left, outside the Herculaneum Gate).
G60 CIL X 1033
To Gnaeus Vibrius Saturninus, son of Quintus, of the Falernian tribe. Callistus, freedman (set this up).
The Tillii family (G61—65)
G61—65 are the epitaphs inscribed together on a single plaque of marble across the facade of Tomb 17OS outside the Nucerian Gate. They show the migration, possibly during the Caesarian period, of a whole family to Pompeii from the area of Arpinum, where they had held public office. Having moved to Pompeii, the family became office-holders here too: Gaius Tillius Rufus, son of Gaius (possibly the same as G62) is known to have been duumvir twice at Pompeii (CIL X 8148). Three generations are commemorated by inscriptions on the tomb, set up by the youngest member of the family, whose name is not fully preserved at the start of the inscription (G61 ).
G61 D'Ambrosio and De Caro (1983), Tomb 17OS, inscription A
[Gaius? Tillius,] son of Gaius, of the Cornelian tribe; [military tribune] of the 10th Cavalry Legion, duumvir with judicial power.
G62 D'Ambrosio and De Caro (1983), Tomb 17OS, inscription B
To Gaius Tillius Rufus, son of Gaius, of the Cornelian tribe, father, duumvir with judicial power twice, aedile with judicial power at Arpinum, augur at Verulae.
G63 D'Ambrosio and De Caro (1983), Tomb 17OS, inscription C
To Gaius Tillius, son of Lucius, of the Cornelian tribe, grandfather.
G64 D'Ambrosio and De Caro (1983), Tomb 17OS, inscription D
To Fadia, daughter of Gaius, mother.
G65 D'Ambrosio and De Caro (1983), Tomb 17OS, inscription E
To Gaius Tillius Rufus, son of Gaius, of the Cornelian tribe, brother, military tribune in the 10th Legion, augur at Verulae.
Burials of Praetorians (G66—69)
The praetorian guard was the emperor’s personal bodyguard. The names of various praetorians from different cohorts appear in graffiti at Pompeii, which suggests that praetorians were present in the town on a number of different occasions (H59). In addition, one of the wax tablets of Caecilius Iucundus (H79) documents a transaction with a member of the guard stationed at Nuceria. Four (probably) of the guard were buried together in a line just outside the Nolan Gate, possibly on public land (G66—68); this may have been an honour reserved for those who died in public service. Their monuments are stone markers with rounded tops, a type of funerary monument similar to ones found elsewhere in Italy, but they are the only ones of their type so far discovered at Pompeii. Perhaps the physical form of their monuments was intended to distinguish these burials at a glance as being those of outsiders. By contrast, the burial of a praetorian from Pompeii is marked by a herm, the funerary monument typical of the region (G69). It is also located away from the other praetorians, outside the Stabian Gate. G66 is inscribed on a marble slab with a rounded top, fixed in the ground, where a terracotta lidded jar containing the remains of the cremation is buried. Next to this were the remains of the funeral pyre, including fragments of decorative bone, perhaps from a funerary couch.
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