Gaius Ateius Capito (jurist)
Roman jurist in the time of emperors Augustus and Tiberius
Gaius Ateius Capito (about 30 BCE – 22 CE) was a Roman jurist in the time of emperors Augustus and Tiberius. He was consul suffectus in the year 5 from July to December as the colleague of Gaius Vibius Postumus.
Life
Capito was a son of the tribune of the same name, and was educated as a jurist by Aulus Ofilius. He was active as a jurist and a senator. Capito was a strong proponent of the principate which brought him in opposition to Marcus Antistius Labeo. In the year 11, he became curator aquarum and was responsible for water supply and regulation throughout the city of Rome. Four years later he and Lucius Arruntius were entrusted by Tiberius to work on a plan to confine the river Tiber after heavy floods, but the project was not carried out due to heavy resistance from the populace.
Capito is attested as witnessing a number of legal documents. One was a senatus consultum that prohibited Senators, equites, and their descendants from actively participating in gladiatorial matches. In another, he was one of seven witnesses of the Senatus consultum de Cn.
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