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Authors:poj@peeters-leuven.be PubDate: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:11:35 +000
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Authors:poj@peeters-leuven.be Abstract: The Klareia was the largest festival known in the city of Sagalassos during its heyday in the Roman Imperial period. No literary sources have survived that report on the organization of this festival. However, over the years of archaeological research at the site, several inscriptions were found that inform us of victors of the games organized during the festival. Most of these inscriptions were reused over the centuries in sometimes multiple secondary contexts. By approaching these epigraphical sources related to the festival from an archaeological perspective and delving deeper into the agency behind their reuse, these archaeological objects can prove more valuable than solely as a textual resource. Specifically, these inscriptions can shed more light on the end of the festival and its possible legacy in later Christian times (fourth-sixth century CE). PubDate: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:08:31 +000
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Authors:poj@peeters-leuven.be Abstract: While cultic groups devoted to Theos Hypsistos were often comprised of individuals with humbler means, the cults at Tanais in the third century CE remarkably attracted an elite patron. The present contribution explores the curious case of Chophrasmos son of Phorgabakos, who was one of the wealthiest residents of Tanais when he acted as the organizer and priest of two separate Hypsistos synods. By reconstructing the career and social network of our ancient interlocuter, we ask not only how connectivity with Chophrasmos might have benefitted the synods with which he was affiliated, but additionally: what might these patronage ties have offered such an elite patron if Hypsistos worship elsewhere was associated with sub-elite individuals' The second section of this paper investigates the Hypsistos groups at Tanais with respect to three key themes: the cults as venues for social mobility, potential routes of recruitment, and the networks and connectivity of members. Although Hypsistos groups outside of Tanais typically had less social capital to offer their members, I suggest that these cults had significant status of their own within the civic sphere. This influence effectively attracted the patronage of elite individuals such as Chophrasmos, whose own connectivity and prestige may have been critical in establishing the cults as vectors for social capital and visibility. PubDate: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:07:24 +000
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Authors:poj@peeters-leuven.be PubDate: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:05:48 +000
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Authors:poj@peeters-leuven.be PubDate: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:04:37 +000
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Authors:poj@peeters-leuven.be PubDate: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:01:38 +000
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Authors:poj@peeters-leuven.be Abstract: This article suggests interpreting the status of Diotimos in the Chabrias Monument and Chares in the accounts of Aeneas the Tactician and Diodorus as admirals of the Athenian navies stationed in Syros and Corcyra, respectively, rather than as commanders of Athenian garrisons on those islands, which has been the usual understanding. Stationing soldiers on ships helped Athens to formally abide by her pledge to keep member states of the Second Athenian League autonomous and ungarrisoned. PubDate: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:00:05 +000
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