IGII2 3571 Areopagos, Council, and People honour T. Coponius Maximus

Areopagos, Council, and People honour T. Coponius Maximus

IG II² 3571 Date: ca. 100 AD

The most awesome Council of the Areopagites and the Council of the 600 and Below moulding: the People (erected this statue of) the priest of the People and the Graces and competition-director (agonothetēn) of the Great Caesarea, [Titus Coponius] Maximus of Hagnous, Stoic successor (diadochon), (5) son of the sacred herald of the two goddesses Titus Coponius Maximus of Hagnous, on account of his excellence,^[1] Hermaios (son of Hermaios) of Kolonai having managed it (epimelēthentos).^[2] The City (hē polis) (erected this statue).^[3]

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IG II² 3571 (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Statue base (Areopagos, Council, and People)

Findspot: Agora (EM 10572)

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[1] This base supported a statue of Titus Coponius Maximus the younger, who was archon in 99/100 AD, and gives the fullest account of his official roles. On the priesthood of the People and the Graces, see IG II³ 4, 8. In the late Hellenistic or early Imperial period, its priest was also in charge of the Athenian cult of Roma (cf. IG II³ 4, 1943); this inscription seems to indicate that that was no longer so. On the Great Caesarea festival, also called the Great Caesarea Augusta, the Augustan games, and the Games of the Augustan House, which were established at the accession of Claudius in 41 AD, see IG II² 1069 with notes. Successor (diadochos) was the title of the head of the Platonic Academy, the Epicurean garden, and the Stoic school at Athens (see SEG 55.250 with notes). On the Coponius family and the titles of the father, see IG II² 1072 with notes and Byrne Roman Citizens 200-202. [2] Hermaios, who managed the erection of the statue was also manager of the city (epimeletes tes poleos) at some point in the late first century AD (cf. IG II² 3548). This was a special office held by very prominent Athenians from the second half of the first century AD until the early second century AD, but the duties associated with it are uncertain – perhaps relating to construction or policing (D. Geagan, Athenian Constitution after Sulla, 1967, 117-19). The role was also held by Coponius senior for many years (J. H. Oliver, GRBS 14, 1973, 395-400). [3] On “the city” (polis) as dedicator of monuments, see IG II² 3699. This is one of the earliest occurrences, along with IG II² 4172. In this instance, it seems to be equivalent to the Areopagos, Council, and People in ll. 1-2.

Added: 17 Aug 2024
Updated: 17 Aug 2024
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