Letter of Quintus Oppius Proconsul to Aphrodisias

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_5063
dc.title	Letter of Quintus Oppius Proconsul to Aphrodisias
dc.contributor.author	Ferraioli Ferdinando
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2021/1/epistola-di-quinto-oppio-proconsole-ad-afrodisia/
dc.description.abstract	The inscription contains a letter sent by the Roman proconsul Oppius to the magistrates, the Council and the demos of the polis of Aphrodisias. In the letter, Oppius affirms that he has met the envoys of Aphrodisias in Kos and has received from them a decree of congratulations for his release. He also testifies to the help obtained by Aphrodisias when he was besieged at Laodicea by the troops of Mithridates and promises to help the city as far as possible. Finally, he agrees to become the patron of the city; it is one of the oldest attestation of the request for patronage made by a city of the Greek world to a Roman magistrate.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 5 \| Issue 1 \| June 2021
dc.issued	2021-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2021-05-03
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-02-13
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2532-6848
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2021/01/009
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Aphrodisias
dc.subject	Aphrodisias
dc.subject	Letter
dc.subject	Letter
dc.subject	Mithridates
dc.subject	Mithridates
dc.subject	Oppius
dc.subject	Oppius
dc.subject	Patron
dc.subject	Patron

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Ferdinando Ferraioli Università di Napoli «L’Orientale», Italia

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The inscription contains a letter sent by the Roman proconsul Oppius to the magistrates, the Council and the demos of the polis of Aphrodisias. In the letter, Oppius affirms that he has met the envoys of Aphrodisias in Kos and has received from them a decree of congratulations for his release. He also testifies to the help obtained by Aphrodisias when he was besieged at Laodicea by the troops of Mithridates and promises to help the city as far as possible. Finally, he agrees to become the patron of the city; it is one of the oldest attestation of the request for patronage made by a city of the Greek world to a Roman magistrate.

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June 30, 2021

Accepted

May 3, 2021

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Feb. 13, 2021

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Keywords: Aphrodisias • Patron • Mithridates • Letter • Oppius

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