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18. STRATEGOI. 69
(4) The Strategos kirl rrjs x<opas (or ttjv y_u>pav or tovs Sfjpovs) was
probably charged with the care of peace and order in the villages
scattered over the wide territories of these great cities (on those of
Laodiceia see § 2)1. At Alabanda there were two2; and we find
a monument erected by the state to two of them who had been slain
in the performance of their duty (rereXeur^/cores' invep rfjs naTptSos
BCH 1881 p. 180).
(5) The Nomophylax was perhaps a member of the board: but the
phrase 81 alcovos vo/j.o(pv\ag (CIG 3937) is hardly consistent with this.
But the office of a Nomophylax is enumerated in the career of
Q. Pomponius Flaccus after those of City-strategos and Agoranomos,
and before that of Night-strategos (Ath. Mitth. 1891 p. 145), which-
makes it probable that the Nomophylax was one of the supreme
board of magistrates. At Laodiceia he had to spend money in respect
of practical arrangements (oii<ovop.r]p.aTa) and to manage certain distri-
butions of oil (a duty which generally fell on the gymnasiarch) ; and
he might acquire popularity by defraying this expense from his own
pocket3. At Mydasa he acted as supervisor in matters of finance and
public property (BCH 1881 p. 112, Ath. Mitth. 1890 p. 269). The Oiko-
nomos at Smyrna (CIG 3162) was a strategos, and probably of similar
duties to the Nomophylax.
(6) On a coin with type Zeus Laodikenos occurs the legend
[AjMAiEIOZ • NOMO0ETHE: Fomothetes and Nomophylax were
perhaps different names of the same official, and the former was
certainly a strategos at Smyrna 4. Part of his duty probably was to
superintend the customs and ways of society, especially among the
young, and to transfer them from class to class as they grew older.
The -rraiSouopo? at Teos and Nikomedeia was perhaps a subordinate
official of similar character (CIG 3773, corrected Ath. Mitth. 1887
P- '74)-
The following names of strategoi occur in other Asian cities.
(7) o-Tparrjybi enl t5>v ottXoov is known at Smyrna, where Menadier
infers from Philostratus vit. So'ph. II 16 ai Se o'lkoi ripal ey Toil's
1 0. Hirschfeld 1. c. identifies tins quotes also Syllog. Constantino^. 1880-
official with the Nycto-strategos, and 81 rrapdpr. p. 53 [Tralleis] and Ath.
takes no notice of the Eireno-strategos ; Mitth. II p. 224 [Rhodes]).
and he quotes Henzen, Annali d. Inst. 3 Ath. Mitth. 1891 p. 145 dXetyavra
1852 p. 118 f as agreeing with him. iv rals eVto-^oir rjpepais nap' eavrov Kara
2 Compare BCH 1886 p. 314 (Ala- p-rjm Kpi vo^ncjivXaKrja-avra pera tov Kal
banda) ; Wadd. 1604, l6l I, BCH 1890 ras vnep to>v oiKovopr^parasv hanavas ne-
p. 606, Annali 1852 p. 124 (two at Troirjadai nap' eavrov.
Aphrodisias); BCH 1891 p. 424 (one at 4 Waddington 1522 a tbv vopaBirrjv
Stratonikaia Car., where M. Cousin rijs arparqyias.
(4) The Strategos kirl rrjs x<opas (or ttjv y_u>pav or tovs Sfjpovs) was
probably charged with the care of peace and order in the villages
scattered over the wide territories of these great cities (on those of
Laodiceia see § 2)1. At Alabanda there were two2; and we find
a monument erected by the state to two of them who had been slain
in the performance of their duty (rereXeur^/cores' invep rfjs naTptSos
BCH 1881 p. 180).
(5) The Nomophylax was perhaps a member of the board: but the
phrase 81 alcovos vo/j.o(pv\ag (CIG 3937) is hardly consistent with this.
But the office of a Nomophylax is enumerated in the career of
Q. Pomponius Flaccus after those of City-strategos and Agoranomos,
and before that of Night-strategos (Ath. Mitth. 1891 p. 145), which-
makes it probable that the Nomophylax was one of the supreme
board of magistrates. At Laodiceia he had to spend money in respect
of practical arrangements (oii<ovop.r]p.aTa) and to manage certain distri-
butions of oil (a duty which generally fell on the gymnasiarch) ; and
he might acquire popularity by defraying this expense from his own
pocket3. At Mydasa he acted as supervisor in matters of finance and
public property (BCH 1881 p. 112, Ath. Mitth. 1890 p. 269). The Oiko-
nomos at Smyrna (CIG 3162) was a strategos, and probably of similar
duties to the Nomophylax.
(6) On a coin with type Zeus Laodikenos occurs the legend
[AjMAiEIOZ • NOMO0ETHE: Fomothetes and Nomophylax were
perhaps different names of the same official, and the former was
certainly a strategos at Smyrna 4. Part of his duty probably was to
superintend the customs and ways of society, especially among the
young, and to transfer them from class to class as they grew older.
The -rraiSouopo? at Teos and Nikomedeia was perhaps a subordinate
official of similar character (CIG 3773, corrected Ath. Mitth. 1887
P- '74)-
The following names of strategoi occur in other Asian cities.
(7) o-Tparrjybi enl t5>v ottXoov is known at Smyrna, where Menadier
infers from Philostratus vit. So'ph. II 16 ai Se o'lkoi ripal ey Toil's
1 0. Hirschfeld 1. c. identifies tins quotes also Syllog. Constantino^. 1880-
official with the Nycto-strategos, and 81 rrapdpr. p. 53 [Tralleis] and Ath.
takes no notice of the Eireno-strategos ; Mitth. II p. 224 [Rhodes]).
and he quotes Henzen, Annali d. Inst. 3 Ath. Mitth. 1891 p. 145 dXetyavra
1852 p. 118 f as agreeing with him. iv rals eVto-^oir rjpepais nap' eavrov Kara
2 Compare BCH 1886 p. 314 (Ala- p-rjm Kpi vo^ncjivXaKrja-avra pera tov Kal
banda) ; Wadd. 1604, l6l I, BCH 1890 ras vnep to>v oiKovopr^parasv hanavas ne-
p. 606, Annali 1852 p. 124 (two at Troirjadai nap' eavrov.
Aphrodisias); BCH 1891 p. 424 (one at 4 Waddington 1522 a tbv vopaBirrjv
Stratonikaia Car., where M. Cousin rijs arparqyias.