AIUK2 no. 8 List of men

List of men

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

Ἀλκέτου τοῦ Εὐαγίωνος Περιθοίδου Ἡρακλείδου τοῦ Ἡρακλείδου Σφηττίου Ἀρισταγόρου τοῦ Τρωίλου Πειραιέως Ἀνδροκλέους τοῦ Θεοφιλίσκου Κηφισιέως 5 Λευκίου τοῦ Λευκίου ῾Ρωμαίου Μαάρκου τοῦ Μαάρκου ῾Ρωμαίου Ἀχιλ⟨λ⟩έως τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως Πειραιέως Διοδότου τοῦ Λυσίου Γαργηττίου Σελεύκου τοῦ ^v Σελεύκου Περιθοίδου 10 Βυττάκου τοῦ Πύρρου Λαμπτρέως Νικίου τοῦ Ξενοδί^vκου Ἀζηνιέως.

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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)

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[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.

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Updated: 24 Sep 2023
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