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ROMAN PERSONAL NAMES IN ARGOLIS
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οικονομική ζωή-κοινωνία", Acts of the 1st international conference on the history
and archaeology of the Argo-Saronic gulf, Poros 26-29 June 1998 (in press).
*66. Q. CAECILIUS C. f. METELLUS
CIL III 531 (ILS 867) [69/68 B.C.].
Argos, village Hagia Trias (Merbaka), byzantine church of Panagia; an honorary inscription
for Metellus erected by the resident Romans:
Q. Caecilio C. f. Metelo I imperatori Italici I quei Argeis negotiantur.
imperator
Remarks: The person was consul in 69 B.C. He served during the next years as proconsul in
command of the struggle against the Cretan pirates, thanks to which he acquired the
name Creticus. He also participated in the organisation of Crete as a Roman
province. For him see F. MUnzer, RE III 1 (1897) 1210-1212, s.v. Caecilius [87];
Broughton, Magistrates 11, 102. 114. 131. 139. 145. 154. 159. 163. 168-9. 176. 185.
206; III, 38; K.-L. Elvers, DerneuePauly2, 888 [I 23] s.v. Caecilius.
For the resident Romans of Argos see D. van Berchem, "Les Italiens d'Argos et le
déclin de Délos", BCH 86, 1962, 305-313.
67. Κ(ΟΪΝΤΟΣ) ΚΑΙΚΙΛΙΟΣ K(OÏNTOY) ΥΙΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΙΧΟΣ
IG IV 698 (L. Robert, Hellenica XI-XII [1960], 276, adn. 2; SEG 22, 1967, 271) [7 B.C.].
Hermione; a dedication by the person who had the function of τοξαρχία in the year δ' και κ':
Κ(όιντος) Καικίλιος Κ(οΐντου) υιός ΣωτήριΙχος, ο[λ]ο[ν] δ' Ι καί κ' [ε]τος τοξαρχήσας, Ι εκ
τών ίδίΙ 5 ων άνέθηκεν.
toxarches
Remarks: L. Robert suggests "τό έτος" instead of "όλον τό έτος". According to Boeck,
CIG 1203, it is to be counted after 146 B.C., that means 123 B.C., while Fraenkel
believes that it would be more correct to count from the visit of Hadrian. The year
24 could be 7 B.C., if it is to be counted after Actium. About this new chronology
based on remarks on the function of toxarches and the defeat of the pirates by
Augustus, see S. Zoumbaki, Archaiognosia 9, 1995-96, 116-119.
s. Quintus(ARG231)
68. ΓΑΙΟΣ
[1] 7GIV 2 1, 560; Peek 1969, 110, no. 234, facsimile [lst/2nd c. A.D.].
Epidauros, sanctuary; a dedication to Telesphoros: Τω Τελεσφορώ Ι Γάιος ΐατρα.
[2] IG IV 1334; IG IV 2 1,571 [lst/2nd c. A.D.].
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