IGII2 3319 Statius Quadratus honours Hadrian

Statius Quadratus honours Hadrian

IG II² 3319 Date: ca. 132-140 AD

(This statue of) Emperor Hadrian Olympios, his own saviour and benefactor, (was erected by) Statius Quadratus.

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IG II² 3319 (Translated text) (PHI)

Højte, Statue Bases 232

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Wikimedia Commons - (1)

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Statue base (private)

Findspot: Olympieion (Unknown)

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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). Along with the findspot of the base, it probably means 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, Lucius Statius Quadratus, was a Roman senator, resident in Athens with his son in the 130s AD and apparently granted Athenian citizenship at that time (assigned to Besa, the same deme as Emperor Hadrian). Aelius Aristides calls him a friend and rhetor (Or. 50.63). He appears to have been priest of Olympian Zeus around 140 AD (see IG II² 3310) and his son went through the Athenian ephebate in 139/40 AD (IG II² 2044, l. 92). He served as consul ordinarius in 142 AD and then proconsul of Asia in 155/6 or 156/7 AD (Byrne, Roman Citizens, p. 441; R. Syme, ZPE 51, 1983, 281-82), where he was responsible for the execution of the early Church father Polycarp (Martyrdom of Polycarp 9-12, 21).

Added: 17 Aug 2024
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