Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (1.1882-1883)

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O INSCRIPTIONS OF ASSOS.

No. XIII.

Found walled into the very late diagonal masonry at the
north-east corner of the Bonleuterion. The inscribed side
was outwards, but in an enclosed position, unfavorable to

being read.

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" The people and the Roman merchants established among us
have erected a statue of Caius Caesar, son of Augustus, princeps
iuventutis, and consul (proconsul) of Asia."

The stone is remarkable as being a palimpsest, so to speak; there
has been a hasty erasure of earlier letters, leaving a rough surface.
Dr. Schliemann found a similar inscription at Ilium (Ilios, p.

633)-

Caius Caesar and his brother Lucius, sons of M. Vipsanius Agrippa,
and Julia, daughter of Augustus, were both adopted by Augustus.
Caius was appointed princeps iuventutis and consul in the year 5 B.C.,
but this latter appointment was not to take effect for five years.