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ROMAN PELOPONNESE I
Ή πόλις Ηλείων Ι Νουμισίαν ΤεισίΙοα, Λ(ουκίου) Βετληνοϋ Ι Λαίτου καί Ι Φλαουΐας
Γοργώς Ι θυγατέρα, πάσης Ι ένεκεν αρετής Ι καί σωφροσύνης.
Remarks: For the person and her family see also S. Zoumbaki, "Zu einer neuen Inschrift aus
Olympia: Die Familie der Vettuleni von Elis", ZPE 99, 1993, 227-232 (AnnÉpigr
1993, 1415; SEG 44, 1994, 389) and Zoumbaki, Elis und Olympia, Ν 26.
For the gentilicium Numisius, common in South Italy, Gaul and Spain see Solin and
Salomies, 129 and Mócsy, Nomenciator, 204.
d. L. Vettulenus Laetus (EL 339), Flavia Gorgo (EL 185); for the stemma of the family see
Appendix, Stemma XIX.
290. OKKIA ΠΡΙΣΚΑ
7v0453 facsimile [second half of 1st c. A.D.].
Olympia; a base for a statue erected by the person for her son, the philosopher L. Peticius
Propas, with the consent of the Elean boule:
Διί Όλυμπίω Λούκιον Πετίκιον Πρόπαντα, Ι φιλόσοφον στωικόν Κορίνθιον, Όκκία Πρίσκα
Ι ή μήτηρ άνέθηκεν αρετής ένεκα καί σοφίας, Ι ψηφισαμένης τής Ηλείων βουλής.
Corinthian (?)
Remarks: The gentilicium Occius is uncommon in the Greek mainland (cf. also IG II 2 3280). It
is found in Italy, Noricum and Gallia Narbonensis, see Mócsy, Nomenclator, 206 and
Solin and Salomies, 130.
m. L. Peticius Propas (EL 298)
*291. ΓΝΑΙΟΣ ΟΚΤΑ[ΟΥΙΟΣ- - -]
IvO 934 facsimile [167 B.C.].
Olympia; a fragment of the upper block of a statue base erected by the polis of Elis in honour
of the person, who is attested as [στρατηγόν Τωμ]αίων.
praetor
Remarks: According to Dittenberger and Purgold he is to be identified with the consul of the
year 165 B.C., Cn. Octavius Cn. f., who took part in the war against Perseus (171-
168 B.C.; Liv. XLIII. 17, 2) as a legate and as praetor (Liv. XLIV. 17, 5; 21, 3). The
honour in Olympia must be dated in the period of his presence in Greece after the
battle of Pydna. He was also honoured in Argos and Echinos, see M. Holleaux,
Στρατηγός ύπατος. Étude surla traduction du titre consulaire (Paris 1918) 157-158;
F. Münzer, RE XVII (1937) 1810-1814 [17] 5. v. Octavius; Broughton, Magistrates
I, 411, 426, 428, 434, 438, 441-443; II, 595; III, 150; P. Charneux, BCH 81, 1957,
185 ff.; L. Pietila-Castrén, "The ancestry and career of Cn. Octavius, cos 165 BC",
Arctos 18,1984, 75-92 (SEG 33,1983,287 and 34, 1984,291); Ta. Schmitt, Der neue
PaulyS, 1099 [I 4] s.v. Octavius.
see also ARG 197.
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