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Ramsay, William Mitchell
The cities and bishoprics of Phrygia: being an essay of the local history of Phrygia from the earliest time to the Turkish conquest (Band 1,2): West and West-Central Phrygia — Oxford, 1897

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AW-. I. INSCRIPTIONS. 733

near the grave of any distinguished saints or martyrs1 is natural in
itself, and is attested by numerous examples, and is formal!}7 approved by
the authority of several of the Fathers. As time went on, this honour
became reserved for persons of distinction ; but originally it seems to
have been allowed to all the brethren. It became after a time compli-
cated by conflicting with another feeling, viz. the dislike for interment
within the city. That healthy feeling was very strong in pre-Christian
times, and was made a part of the public law in the XII Tables, and was
formally renewed in a rescript of Hadrian2, again by Diocletian, and in
290, and by several Christian Emperors 3 in 381, &c. An exception how-
ever had occasionally been made in favour of great citizens under the
Republic; and in Chr. times the remains of saints were received into
cities as protectors and patrons. This led to a desire to be buried beside
the saint, conflicting with that prejudice against burial within the city
which was originally as strong among the Christians as among the
pagans. Step by step the old prejudice yielded to the new desire, until
at last most churches were filled and surrounded with graves.

659. (R. 1887). Kotch-Hissar. Incomplete in BCH 1893 p, 376*.
Avp. 'Avhpdya\6os £G>v eav\ra> K€ ™ia ©a|A.[d]^[co] xe rrj yvva\[iK]l T[arta ?] to
KVix\yr)Trjpi]ov KaTeo-Ke\vacrev pc. | x.- I e' ^e' TLS i^iTrjbevcri, 6r\cn ds to Taplov
brjv. [• •]

This and the following inscr. show the Eumenian formula affecting the
Pentapolis. Now, as in Eumeneia the formula was at its strongest
c. 255 a.d. (dates, p. 516), it is likely to have penetrated into the Pentapolis
about that time; and no. 659 f are likely to date then or later. The
date of no. 660 about a.d. 258 is evident on other grounds. No. 658
belongs to the older type, and should therefore not be later than 250.

660. (R. 1891). By the road-side near a bridge 3 miles from Maghajil
on the road to Sandykli. Avp. 'AvTiivios eavrQi ks tt) yAi)[Ku]rarr; avv/3i(o
[fxvri]jxrji x^Piv- i°^K] ^°v ^ve *[r€P°)v Tiva e7re[z//3a]Ae, errl (i. e. e~el) o.vt[g>
eurajt [ir]pb$ rdv [Oeojv.

The lettering of this inscr. is very like no. 643 (dated a. d. 258); but
is not retrograde. See no. 659.

1 Sociatus Sanctis martyribus, sociari a similar sense Le Blant I p. 163.
sanctorum sepulcris, positus ad sanctos, 2 Dig. 47, 12, 3, 5.
&o. The place of burial is defined retro s Cod. Ill 44, 12, Cod. Tlieod. IX 17, 6.
sanctos, ante Doinna Emerita, at Ippolitu, * In BCH the words after x"Plv are
ad Sanctum Martyre{m),Martyris adlae- omitted (cp. no. 632); edA[A<a] is re-
turn, ante pedes Martini. See Le Blant stored, but my copy shows M (though
I p. 81, 398, 471, II 219 Sec. (who gives marked doubtful): and the name T[a-
the facts here quoted). Inter electos has ria ?] is omitted.
 
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