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Gerousia)1, giving his services at his own expense. The Gerousia of
Apameia, then, was founded 70-79 A. d., which represents an important
stage in the hellenization of this Phrygian city 2: I assume that ktIctis
here may be pressed in the sense of the founding of the Gerousia, for
if some refoundation or rebuilding after the earthquake of a.d. 53 (p. 431)
had been meant, it would have been more clearly defined 3. L. Atilius
Proclus, whose name is purely Italian, belonged to a family that was
settled for some generations at Apameia, which is his irarpCs. He, like
his ancestors, performed his duty as a citizen 4, whenever either the city
or the Gerousia had need of him; but he had apparently not held any
magistracy. The interpretation of no. 390, therefore, as indicating that
his father had served on the supreme board of magistrates (avvapyjia) in
45-6, is in general agreement with what is here recorded of the son,
though it goes beyond what is recorded.

The crwijyopos was a ' sorie d'amlassadeur charge clatter defend/re an de-
hors les interets de la corporation' (Levy liev. J@t. Gr. 1895 p. 249).

Ambassadors were sent by Asian cities to the Emperors, sometimes on
municipal business (cp. no. 299, perh. 138), but often on formal and
complimentary duties, such as on the occasion of important events joyous
or sad in the life of the emperors : cp. the condolence of the Coroneans
to Pius on the death of Hadrian, BCH 1881 p. 455, the congratulation
of the Aezanitae to Septimius on the elevation of Caracalla to the rank of
Caesar (LW 874). The Emperor's rescript often contains a permission
to pay the ambassador's expenses (k<pobiov), ' provided he did not promise
his services free'' (BCH 1881 p. 454).

A singular proof of municipal vanity is the embassy to inform the
emperor of the liberal conduct of Sempronius Clemens to his native city
Stratonikaias, BCH 1888 p. 96.

306. (R. 1888). Hogarth's copy, 1887, was compared by me with the
stone; and the archon's name, though much defaced, seemed clearly not
to be <bov[T\avov. A text differing in many respects is published by
M. Doublet BCH 1893 p. 301. [to a-e}p.v6[T)a{T]o[v awibpio]v r&v yep6[v-

1 It cannot be maintained that the 3 It is of course impossible to take
Kria-is is the foundation of the temple ktIo-is in the sense of aria-pa, ' the insti-
of the Sebastoi: it must be connected tution': it must mean ' the act of
with the donors, the Gerontes. See founding.'

M. Levy Rev. fit. Or. 1895 p. 241. 4 iro\iTev6p.evov is emphatic. See no.

2 The Gerousiaof Sebaste was founded 290 and pp. 425 f.

99 a.d. (no. 47s), that of Sidyma not 6 Other Stratonicean embassies BCH

until the time of Commodus (Benndorf 1887 pp. 155 f, LW525, CIGr 2719, 2721.
Lylcia I pp. 71 fj.