following eck's article, ronald syme proposed gnaeus domitius tullus as the testator. more recently, joshua tate has raised the possibility that the testator may not even be a senator, but points out that many problems in the document are resolved if he had been a wealthy freedman. "until further research provides a more definite answer," tate concludes, "we must remain open to the possibility that the testator was not only an "ignotus", but an "ignotus libertus"".