DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4680#0057
App. I. INSCRIPTIONS. 389
to the whole empire: I pointed this out in JHS 1883 p. 30, and have
since that time found it an almost infallible criterion of date : any ap-
parent exceptions are easily explained \ The full name M. Aurelius may
be used in an inscription engraved later than 210-215; but the person
who bears it was a provincial Roman citizen born in 161-180 : the prae-
nomen Aur. was assumed by those who gained the civitas in virtue of
Caracalla's extension. At a later date the praenomen Fl. came into
occasional use, probably under Constantine ; and it is sometimes difficult
to distinguish the late use of the praenomen from the use of the nomen
(with praenomen omitted), which became common in 70-96, and lasted
long. De Rossi luscr. C/ir. Urb. Bom. pp. cxii f and Le Blant II p. 537
consider that the use of Aur. as praenomen is rare after Constantine; and
my experience confirms this view. See also no. 651.
236. (R. 1887). Eidir; engraved on another side of the stone which
bears inscr. no. 206. Avp. AovXiwv KaTecrKevao-e to fjpyov kavrta Kal rots
TeKVOiS KCLI TaTiq jliTa TiKVOiV TpiUV.
Aur."Douli6n also no. 235. See no. 231, 380.
237. (CIG 3887 after Pococke: attached wrongly to no. 199). Part
of an inscription, either mutilated or undecipherable, which Pococke in
his notebook left undistinguished from the next, no. 199. A[co]po'0e[o]s
238. CIG 3893. Ep/jiT/s 'AKjj.ovevs. K.ai Eipevcvs ra> vl<j> [xov Ewap7r<i)
km. ea[u]r(3 /ecu rr\ yvvaiKi Acppo5ta-et[a]
efxov OavovTos Kal [y]vvaiKos Kal tskvcov
oy clv avv^ei Tvp.fiov ?*; /3Adi/fei rdepov
ir6[v]a>v aupixiv 77epi—e[o"^o[t]ro [cr]vv(popai{s]
6 5' e7rix.etp[?Fas] eWoiVet rto <picr/«p S>jz\ ^cp'.
The species of curse contained in the iambic lines was characteristic of
the more rustic and less civilized parts of Phrygia; and the only instance
of this kind of curse in the civilized Eumeneia is in this epitaph of a
stranger from Akmonia, who had received Eumenian citizenship.
239. (R. 1887 : Sterrett 1883). Aidan. M.Paris p. 247. Euxenos
to his parents Euxenos and Apphia.
1 In an inscription of Snryrna Alpij. probably the real praenomen M. has
'AcppoSfi'crior is mentioned, probably about been omitted by a Greek author. The
200-210, BCH 1SS2 p. 291 ; but here the Greeks never properly understood the
strict use of Avp. has not begun, and Roman system of naming.
to the whole empire: I pointed this out in JHS 1883 p. 30, and have
since that time found it an almost infallible criterion of date : any ap-
parent exceptions are easily explained \ The full name M. Aurelius may
be used in an inscription engraved later than 210-215; but the person
who bears it was a provincial Roman citizen born in 161-180 : the prae-
nomen Aur. was assumed by those who gained the civitas in virtue of
Caracalla's extension. At a later date the praenomen Fl. came into
occasional use, probably under Constantine ; and it is sometimes difficult
to distinguish the late use of the praenomen from the use of the nomen
(with praenomen omitted), which became common in 70-96, and lasted
long. De Rossi luscr. C/ir. Urb. Bom. pp. cxii f and Le Blant II p. 537
consider that the use of Aur. as praenomen is rare after Constantine; and
my experience confirms this view. See also no. 651.
236. (R. 1887). Eidir; engraved on another side of the stone which
bears inscr. no. 206. Avp. AovXiwv KaTecrKevao-e to fjpyov kavrta Kal rots
TeKVOiS KCLI TaTiq jliTa TiKVOiV TpiUV.
Aur."Douli6n also no. 235. See no. 231, 380.
237. (CIG 3887 after Pococke: attached wrongly to no. 199). Part
of an inscription, either mutilated or undecipherable, which Pococke in
his notebook left undistinguished from the next, no. 199. A[co]po'0e[o]s
238. CIG 3893. Ep/jiT/s 'AKjj.ovevs. K.ai Eipevcvs ra> vl<j> [xov Ewap7r<i)
km. ea[u]r(3 /ecu rr\ yvvaiKi Acppo5ta-et[a]
efxov OavovTos Kal [y]vvaiKos Kal tskvcov
oy clv avv^ei Tvp.fiov ?*; /3Adi/fei rdepov
ir6[v]a>v aupixiv 77epi—e[o"^o[t]ro [cr]vv(popai{s]
6 5' e7rix.etp[?Fas] eWoiVet rto <picr/«p S>jz\ ^cp'.
The species of curse contained in the iambic lines was characteristic of
the more rustic and less civilized parts of Phrygia; and the only instance
of this kind of curse in the civilized Eumeneia is in this epitaph of a
stranger from Akmonia, who had received Eumenian citizenship.
239. (R. 1887 : Sterrett 1883). Aidan. M.Paris p. 247. Euxenos
to his parents Euxenos and Apphia.
1 In an inscription of Snryrna Alpij. probably the real praenomen M. has
'AcppoSfi'crior is mentioned, probably about been omitted by a Greek author. The
200-210, BCH 1SS2 p. 291 ; but here the Greeks never properly understood the
strict use of Avp. has not begun, and Roman system of naming.