IGII2 3315 Gaius Claudius Silianus honours Hadrian

Gaius Claudius Silianus honours Hadrian

IG II² 3315 Date: ca. 132 AD

(This statue of) Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus Olympios, (5) the saviour and benefactor (was erected by) Gaius Claudius Silianus.^[1]

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IG II² 3315 (Translated text) (PHI)

Højte, Statue Bases 230

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Wikimedia Commons - (1)

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Statue base (private)

Findspot: Olympieion (EM 12350)

Transliterations on Places on

[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). Combined with the findspot, 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, Gaius Claudius Silianus Polykritos is honoured as a hearth initiate in I Eleusis 373. He appears to be related to Gaius Silius Polykritos of Azenia, who was prominent in the reign of Caligula (IG II² 3266), from a family that was related to that of Herodes Atticus and can be traced back to the 130s BC (Byrne, Roman Citizens 2003, stemma v).

Added: 17 Aug 2024
Updated: 17 Aug 2024
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