IRhamn 4 Decree of Rhamnous (and Athenian residents?) honouring the mercenary commander, Poseidonios

Decree of Rhamnous (and Athenian residents?) honouring the mercenary commander, Poseidonios

I Rhamnous 4 Date: ca. 268 BC

Nikostratos son of Epiteles of Rhamnous proposed:^[1] since Poseidonios and his soldiers stationed at the fort at Rhamnous maintained good order . . . (5) . . . offering . . . . . .

Previous - Knoepfler, Trésor documentaire, 206.3

References:

I Rhamnous 4 (Translated text) (PHI)

SEG 38.125

Oetjen, Athen im dritten Jahrhundert, no. 4

Knoepfler, Trésor documentaire, 207.4

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Sean Byrne, Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (Deme Rhamnous and Athenian residents?)

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[1] This decree apparently honouring a mercenary commander was proposed by the same man as proposed I Rhamnous 3 and I Rhamnous 5, the latter also honouring a foreigner who was perhaps a mercenary commander. It may, like those decrees, date to the early stages of the Chremonidean War. As with other fragmentary decrees proposed by a demesman of Rhamnous, we cannot be certain whether it was passed by the deme alone or in conjunction with Athenian soldiers resident there. See I Rhamnous 17, with notes, and I Rhamnous 31, with notes. For other decrees of the deme or deme+other Athenian residents honouring foreign troop commanders see I Rhamnous 5, 13, 56, 57. In general on the deme Rhamnous and its inscriptions see I Rhamnous 182.

Added: 15 Sep 2017
Updated: 14 Mar 2026
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