Honours for the soldier Kalliphanes, messenger of the Roman victory at Pydna
IG II3 1 1334 Date: 169/8 BC
Gods.
In the archonship of Eunikos (169/8), in the - prytany,
of AttalisXII, for which Hieronymos
son of Boethos of KephisiaI was secretary.
(5) On the old and new day (henēi kai neai) of Skirophorion, the
twenty-ninth of the prytany. Assembly
in the Piraeus. Of the presiding committee was putting to the
vote uninscribed[1] uninscribed (10) uninscribed The Council and the People decided:
Satyros son of Satyros of Kolonos proposed: since
Kalliphanes of Phyle, campaigning (strateuomenos) with the Romans and the brothers
(15) of king Eumenes,[2] Attalos and
Athenaios, and wanting to make himself
useful to the fatherland,
being present at the Romans' victory
in Macedonia[3] and being keen for the honour (philotimoumenos) (20) of announcing himself to the citizens the
successes (euēmerēmata) that had come to pass for the Romans and . . . . . . wanting . . . . . . coming to
. . . (25) . . . . . . . . . men, for good fortune, the
Council shall decide, that the presiding committee
allotted for the forthcoming Assembly
(30) shall put these matters on the agenda, and
submit the opinion of the Council to the
People, that it seems good to the Council to praise
Kalliphanes son of Kalliphanes of Phyle and crown him with a gold crown for
(35) his good will and love of honour (philotimias) towards
. . . . . . . . . and the prytany secretary shall inscribe
(40) this decree on a stone stele
and stand it in the agora by the statue
. . . ; and the expense accrued
for the making and the setting up of the
stele the treasurer of the military fund
(45) shall defray.