AIUK2 no. 8 List of men

List of men

AIUK 2 (BSA) no. 8 Date: c. 100-90 BC

Alketes son of Euagion of Perithoidai Herakleides son of Herakleides of Sphettos Aristagoras son of Troilos of Piraeus Androkles son of Theophiliskos of Kephisia (5) Lucius son of Lucius of Rome Marcus son of Marcus of Rome Achilleus son of Achilleus of Piraeus Diodotos son of Lysias of Gargettos Seleukos son of Seleukos of Perithoidai (10) Byttakos son of Pyrrhos of Lamptrai Nikias son of Xenodikos of Azenia.^[1]

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AIUK 2 (BSA) no. 8 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 2460 (PHI)

SEG 50.181

Lambert, BSA Inscriptions E15

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

AIO Images: 1

Monument type: Block

Inscription type: List

Findspot: Athens, in area of the “church called Catholicon”, near Kapnikarea (BSA E15)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This list of 11 names on a wall-block includes five Athenians identifiable as from prominent Athenian families of the period (ll. 1-4, 10) as well as two Romans (ll. 5 and 6). From the prosopography the inscription can be dated to the unsettled decade, ca. 100-90 BC, and the two Romans, an early reference to Roman citizens in Attic inscriptions, reflect the close ties that existed before Athens’ decision in 88 BC to support Mithridates’ struggle with Rome and the consequent sacking of the city by Sulla in 86 BC. Further text, on another block, will have made the context clear. Probably the men had contributed financially to some project, perhaps the structure to which the block belonged. After the Sullan sack, the number of Romans participating in Athenian civic life increases and many of them assumed Athenian citizenship (see Agora XV 272 with notes). For more detail on this monument see AIUK 2 (BSA) no. 8.

Added: 30 Apr 2018
Updated: 24 Sep 2023
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