Editing Fishbourne Roman Palace (section)

=== Owner ===

The accepted theory, first proposed by [[Barry Cunliffe]], is that the early phase of the palace was the residence of [[Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus]] (or Togidubnus), a pro-Roman local chieftain who was installed as king of a number of territories following the first stage of the conquest. Cogidubnus is known from a reference to his loyalty in [[Tacitus]]'s ''[[Agricola (book)|Agricola]]'',<ref>[[Tacitus]], ''[[Agricola (book)|Agricola]]'' [[Wikisource:Agricola#14|14]]</ref> and from an inscription commemorating a temple dedicated to [[Neptune (mythology)|Neptune]] and [[Minerva]] found in nearby [[Chichester]].<ref>J. E. Bogaers (1979) "King Cogidubnus in Chichester: another reading of RIB 91", ''Britannia'' 10, pp. 243-254</ref> Furthermore, around 60&nbsp;AD, Cogidubnus was granted the prominent title of [[Legatus Augusti pro praetore|''legatus Augusti'']], which normally restricted to the statesmen and aristocrats of Rome. Cunliffe correlates this event with the construction of a large masonry extension of the palace in 70&nbsp;AD, which was fitting for an individual of such a high status in order to support his theory.<ref name=":32"/>

Another theory is that it was built for another native, [[Sallustius Lucullus]], a [[Roman governor]] of Britain of the late 1st century who may have been the son of the British prince [[Adminius]].<ref>Norman Hammond, [https://archive.today/20070308194055/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-2292526.html "Whose busts are they?"], ''[[The Times]]'', 31 July 2006, retrieved 31 August 2006; Miles Russell, ''Roman Sussex'', Tempus (2006); Miles Russell, ''Bloodline - the Celtic Kings of Roman Britain'', Amberley (2010)</ref> Two inscriptions recording the presence of Lucullus have been found in Chichester and the re-dating, by Miles Russell, of the palace to the early 90s&nbsp;AD, would fit far more securely with such an interpretation. If the palace were designed for Lucullus, then it may have only been in use for a few years, for the Roman historian [[Suetonius]] records that Lucullus was executed by the delusional emperor Domitian in or shortly after 93&nbsp;AD.<ref>[[Suetonius]], ''[[The Twelve Caesars]]: Domitian'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Domitian*.html#10.3 10.3]</ref>

Additional theories suggest that owner of the palace was either [[Verica]], a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Roman client kingdoms in Britain|client king]] of the [[Roman Empire]] in the years preceding the [[Roman invasion of Britain|Claudian invasion]], or even one Tiberius Claudius Catuarus, whose gold [[signet ring]] was discovered nearby in 1995.<ref name="Britain AD, Episode I">{{cite web |url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1674914830350674131# |title=Britain AD, Episode I}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Aldhouse-Green |first=Miranda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dox9AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 |title=Boudica Britannia |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-86630-5 |page=51}}</ref>