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464 XI. APAMEIA.
were appointed Gymnasiarch, he would not take advantage of the allow-
ance of 15,000 denarii for expenses made to the Gymnasiareh by the state.
For the first half of his son's office, Mithridatianus gave oil to the citizens
at his own expense., and for the second half, at the request of the city, he
gave 19,000 den. to the city (instead of spending it on oil), so that the
state thus gained 34,000 den. through his generosity. This capital sum
yielded at 9 p. c.x 3060 den., which was to be devoted to the penalty
(liti(n\u.ov) of the Curators. What, then, was the eTnCwLOV ? Mommsen,
carrying out the theory from which we dissent (no. 390), understands
that the penalty was paid by the Curators to the city Apameia 2. This,
though the simplest construction of the Greek words, seems to me inac-
ceptable. It seems too awkward to understand els to eiriCrnuov ' to enable
the city to do without the penalty 3.' It seems to me necessary to sup-
pose that the interest went to make up the annual penalty. For some
reason Apameia was burdened with the payment of an annual sum (eiri-
(fiixiov) : a curator4" (or curators) was appointed by the emperor to control
the revenue of the city, but there was a provision that, if the state could
devote a certain capital sum towards this annual burden, curators should
no longer be imposed on them, and the state should resume unfettered
control of its own finances.
The Apamean curators, then, are officials of the same class which have
been already described, see p. 370.
298. (R. 1891). Dikedji. 'H /3. k. 6 [h. k. ol] kcit. 'Pcojjxcuoi] ereCix-qtrav
AevKiov 'PovTe[i\iov] AtVKiov vlbv Ovtkiva YipoKKo{v\ avhpa kciXov kcu ayaObv
Qr\ira.v\ra\ koh/xiojs koX (ruxppovuos kcu cp. iravrl Kcup<3 irpbs ttjv -narpiba (/>iA.o-
So£o)j.
The spelling Acvkios indicates an early date, no. 290 : so also does the
assimilation ip. ttcivtL
299. M. Berard BCH 1893 p. 314. \j\ /3. kcu 5 8. kcu ol ko.t.} 'Pw/jlcuoi
1 Mommsen explains tokov hpaxpi-alov resumed by avrwv is quite in accordance
as interest of one dr. per month on with the style of municipal deeds, and
100 den., i.e. 12 dr. (9 den.) per annum might be paralleled from even higher
Eph. Ep. VII p. 439. kinds of Greek. [It seems hardly allow-
2 in-' avrav fiiSojueiw: (i) does this able to render, 'devoted regularly by
mean ' paid by the curators' or ' paid the Curators towards outlay due by the
by the Apameans' ? Grammatical ease city': this, if allowable, suits our theory
suggests the former, but probably the well.]
latter was intended, avrav being used s Schulten de Conventibus C. R. p. 31
for the idea latent in the sentence ; the makes the same criticism,
city made the request to Mithridatianus, 4 The use of the Latin term may at
and the penalty was paid by the citizens this period be taken as a proof that the
to the curators. That nnXis should be office was Roman and imperial.
were appointed Gymnasiarch, he would not take advantage of the allow-
ance of 15,000 denarii for expenses made to the Gymnasiareh by the state.
For the first half of his son's office, Mithridatianus gave oil to the citizens
at his own expense., and for the second half, at the request of the city, he
gave 19,000 den. to the city (instead of spending it on oil), so that the
state thus gained 34,000 den. through his generosity. This capital sum
yielded at 9 p. c.x 3060 den., which was to be devoted to the penalty
(liti(n\u.ov) of the Curators. What, then, was the eTnCwLOV ? Mommsen,
carrying out the theory from which we dissent (no. 390), understands
that the penalty was paid by the Curators to the city Apameia 2. This,
though the simplest construction of the Greek words, seems to me inac-
ceptable. It seems too awkward to understand els to eiriCrnuov ' to enable
the city to do without the penalty 3.' It seems to me necessary to sup-
pose that the interest went to make up the annual penalty. For some
reason Apameia was burdened with the payment of an annual sum (eiri-
(fiixiov) : a curator4" (or curators) was appointed by the emperor to control
the revenue of the city, but there was a provision that, if the state could
devote a certain capital sum towards this annual burden, curators should
no longer be imposed on them, and the state should resume unfettered
control of its own finances.
The Apamean curators, then, are officials of the same class which have
been already described, see p. 370.
298. (R. 1891). Dikedji. 'H /3. k. 6 [h. k. ol] kcit. 'Pcojjxcuoi] ereCix-qtrav
AevKiov 'PovTe[i\iov] AtVKiov vlbv Ovtkiva YipoKKo{v\ avhpa kciXov kcu ayaObv
Qr\ira.v\ra\ koh/xiojs koX (ruxppovuos kcu cp. iravrl Kcup<3 irpbs ttjv -narpiba (/>iA.o-
So£o)j.
The spelling Acvkios indicates an early date, no. 290 : so also does the
assimilation ip. ttcivtL
299. M. Berard BCH 1893 p. 314. \j\ /3. kcu 5 8. kcu ol ko.t.} 'Pw/jlcuoi
1 Mommsen explains tokov hpaxpi-alov resumed by avrwv is quite in accordance
as interest of one dr. per month on with the style of municipal deeds, and
100 den., i.e. 12 dr. (9 den.) per annum might be paralleled from even higher
Eph. Ep. VII p. 439. kinds of Greek. [It seems hardly allow-
2 in-' avrav fiiSojueiw: (i) does this able to render, 'devoted regularly by
mean ' paid by the curators' or ' paid the Curators towards outlay due by the
by the Apameans' ? Grammatical ease city': this, if allowable, suits our theory
suggests the former, but probably the well.]
latter was intended, avrav being used s Schulten de Conventibus C. R. p. 31
for the idea latent in the sentence ; the makes the same criticism,
city made the request to Mithridatianus, 4 The use of the Latin term may at
and the penalty was paid by the citizens this period be taken as a proof that the
to the curators. That nnXis should be office was Roman and imperial.