Evidence of the career of Quintus Antistius Adventus Postumius Aquilinus consists of several inscriptions: two from modern Algeria, one note from Hadrian's Wall in northern England, one note and one from the Netherlands. Note The inscriptions mention the stages of his career.Early Career
Quintus Antistius Adventus Postumius Aquilinus was born about 128 AD to a senatorial family in the Numidian city of Thibilis, halfway between Cirta (modern Constantine) and the port of Hippo Regius (Annaba). He must have benefited from the network of African senators that grew in influence in the Roman Empire in the second century. This network would produce several consuls and an emperor, Septimius Severus of Lepcis Magna.
From the inscriptions we can deduce that Antistius arrived in Rome shortly before the year 150.He was one of the members of the college of vigintiviri, junior magistrates, most of them sons of senators appointed each year. He was one of four men in charge of maintaining the streets of Rome.
Next career step was tribune in the First Minervian Legion in Bonn am Rhein, probably 151-152. This was a normal step in his career, as was the next station: a quaesture, a tax office. He brought Antistius to Thessaloniki.After this position, he entered the lower ranks of the Senate. It would have been strange if it hadn't happened because he came from a senatorial family and had a good patronage network.
Antistius became responsible for supervising the Order of Chivalry, the second tier of the Roman elite, and thereafter he was tribune of the people. These weren't sine cura jobs, but he didn't have to travel much, he could stay in the villa he should have had in Rome, and he might even have had the opportunity to visit his estates in Algeria.
Carthage, Baths of Antonine
You must have visited them when you were the governor's assistant in Africa. In the years 155-157 he lived in Carthage, where he must have seen the Baths of Antonine being built. He must have visited his hometown of Thibilis before or after his tenure.
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