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There are four features in this new text that merit some discussion: (1) the adlectio to the imperial consilium with the ensuing title amicus consiliarius; (2) the holding of the office of procurator Augustorum etpraefectus Sardiniae; (3) the title procurator metallorum etpraediorum; and (4) the fact that the freedman Servatus calls himself adiutor of the governor. Before examining these issues, it is important to establish the date of the inscription and that of Baebius Modestus' career; for this chronology will affect how certain stages of his life ought to be interpreted.