IGII2 3314 Sallustianus Demostratos honours Hadrian

Sallustianus Demostratos honours Hadrian

IG II² 3314 Date: ca. 132 AD

(This statue of) Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus Olympios, his personal saviour and benefactor (was erected by) Sallustianus Demostratos (5) of Phlya.^[1]

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IG II² 3314 (Translated text) (PHI)

Højte, Statue Bases 197

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Statue base (private)

Findspot: Acropolis (EM 13235)

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[1] This is one of over fifty statue bases for the Emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138 AD) attested from Athens. The epithet "Olympios" indicates a date after 128/9 AD (F. Camia in A. Kouremenos, The Province of Achaea in the 2nd Century CE, 2022, 98-99) and might mean that the statue was erected to celebrate Hadrian's consecration of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in 132 AD (see IG II² 3290 with notes). On Hadrian and his relationship with Athens, see IG II² 5185 with notes.

The dedicator, Sallustianus Demostratos of Phlya is the first known member of a family that appear to have been related to Antipatros of Phlya, the leading figure in Augustan-era Athens (see AIUK 2 (BSA), no. 5). His son, Sallustianus Aiolion, was prominent in ca. 175-190 AD, and descendants are attested into the 220s (Byrne, Roman Citizens, 2003, 423-424).

Added: 17 Aug 2024
Updated: 17 Aug 2024
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