M. Sattonius Iucundus

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M. Sattonius Iucundus, third century

During an excavation in the Roman Thermae of Heerlen a whinstone was found, pointing to M. Sattonius Iucundus (or Marcus Sattoniushttp://www.heerlen.nl/smartsite.dws?id=3217, possibly also Marcus Sattonius Jucundushttp://www.heerlen.nl/smartsite.dws?id=3308) as restorer of the Thermae in the 3rd century, the stone explains he did this as a debt to Fortuna http://www.heerlen.nl/smartsite.dws?id=3217.

At that moment Marcus was decurio in Colonia Ulpia Traiana, current Xanten.

It is possible that he was the Marcus Sattonius who, around 253, as a centurion of the third legion in Algiers, erected a statue of Mars in honour of the legion. If this is true, at least it is speculated, he might have returned home, to his birth grounds in Coriovallum (Heerlen), a rich man after his time in the legion was over. And as a rich citizen was able to secure a place in the city counsel of Xanten, the capital of civitas Traianensis, to roman district to witch Coriovallum belonged, which had a counsel of a hundred big landownershttp://www.heerlen.nl/smartsite.dws?id=3217.

Some sources state the restoration took place around 175http://www.heerlen.nl/smartsite.dws?id=3308.

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