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70 II. LAODICEIA : THE GRAECO-ROMAN CITY.
dp)(L€peas re kcu <TT€(pavovfievovs ttjv kirl tSiv ottXcov (dvfjyov) that he
was chief of the board (Wadclington 1522 a).
(8) arpaTTjybs eniTpoTros (Smyrna CIG3151, 3162: cp. Waddington
on 1522 a).
(9) Troinrahs arparrjyos (Smyrna 3348) superintended processions
and religious ceremonies, and was perhaps the same as
(10) 6 ewl tov iepov (Smyrna CIG 3151, 3152, 3162): Menadier
proves that he was a strategos.
(n) 6 eirl rod crre^duov and (12) u kirl rrjs Siard^ecos are also
perhaps titles of strategoi at Smyrna (CIG 3151).
No city probably had so large a supreme board as 12; but titles
varied in different cities l.
§ 19. Agoranomos. This very common officer existed at Laodiceia;
he is more widely known in Asia than any other official. The office
is mentioned in Ath. Mitth. 1891 p. 145 between that of crrpaTrj-ybs
rfjs TroXecos and those of vojio<fiv\a£ and o-TpaT-qybs Kara vvktol in such
a way as to suggest the possibility that all were members of the
supreme board. The agoranomos regulated the markets and retail-
trade, and was inspector of weights and measures.
§ 20. Other Municipal Officials. A superintendent of public
works {kpye-rrio-TdT-qs) is mentioned; but in such a way as to
suggest that a special superintendent was appointed for each special
building.
The Gymnasiarch is almost invariably found in Asian cities (see
Apameia).
The Seitones, who was charged with the duty of seeing that a suffi-
cient stock of food to feed the great population was maintained, was
certainly an important official (see § 3).
§ 21. Imperial Officials. Few officials of the imperial service
are referred to at Laodiceia. Occasionally a proconsul is mentioned ;
and probably it may be inferred in such cases that he either visited
the city, or had some important business transaction with it. When
the state erected any great public building, it required first of all to
get the sanction of the proconsul: such at least was the custom in
Bithynia-Pontus when Pliny was governor. Hence the proconsul's
name was often mentioned in the dedicatory inscriptions on public
buildings (inscrs. 1, 4).
Marcellus, proconsul a.d. 70-3, Popilius Pedo, proconsul 160-1, are
mentioned on coins, which pei'haps were struck to commemorate visits
1 arparriyos eVi tg>v §eV<ov, i. c. praetor percgrinus, is a Roman, not an Asian
official.
dp)(L€peas re kcu <TT€(pavovfievovs ttjv kirl tSiv ottXcov (dvfjyov) that he
was chief of the board (Wadclington 1522 a).
(8) arpaTTjybs eniTpoTros (Smyrna CIG3151, 3162: cp. Waddington
on 1522 a).
(9) Troinrahs arparrjyos (Smyrna 3348) superintended processions
and religious ceremonies, and was perhaps the same as
(10) 6 ewl tov iepov (Smyrna CIG 3151, 3152, 3162): Menadier
proves that he was a strategos.
(n) 6 eirl rod crre^duov and (12) u kirl rrjs Siard^ecos are also
perhaps titles of strategoi at Smyrna (CIG 3151).
No city probably had so large a supreme board as 12; but titles
varied in different cities l.
§ 19. Agoranomos. This very common officer existed at Laodiceia;
he is more widely known in Asia than any other official. The office
is mentioned in Ath. Mitth. 1891 p. 145 between that of crrpaTrj-ybs
rfjs TroXecos and those of vojio<fiv\a£ and o-TpaT-qybs Kara vvktol in such
a way as to suggest the possibility that all were members of the
supreme board. The agoranomos regulated the markets and retail-
trade, and was inspector of weights and measures.
§ 20. Other Municipal Officials. A superintendent of public
works {kpye-rrio-TdT-qs) is mentioned; but in such a way as to
suggest that a special superintendent was appointed for each special
building.
The Gymnasiarch is almost invariably found in Asian cities (see
Apameia).
The Seitones, who was charged with the duty of seeing that a suffi-
cient stock of food to feed the great population was maintained, was
certainly an important official (see § 3).
§ 21. Imperial Officials. Few officials of the imperial service
are referred to at Laodiceia. Occasionally a proconsul is mentioned ;
and probably it may be inferred in such cases that he either visited
the city, or had some important business transaction with it. When
the state erected any great public building, it required first of all to
get the sanction of the proconsul: such at least was the custom in
Bithynia-Pontus when Pliny was governor. Hence the proconsul's
name was often mentioned in the dedicatory inscriptions on public
buildings (inscrs. 1, 4).
Marcellus, proconsul a.d. 70-3, Popilius Pedo, proconsul 160-1, are
mentioned on coins, which pei'haps were struck to commemorate visits
1 arparriyos eVi tg>v §eV<ov, i. c. praetor percgrinus, is a Roman, not an Asian
official.