Aphrodisias Decree on Support for Quintus Oppius

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_3221
dc.title	Aphrodisias Decree on Support for Quintus Oppius
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/2020/1/decreto-di-afrodisia-sul-sostegno-a-quinto-oppio/
dc.description.abstract	The inscription contains a decree with which the city of Aphrodisias promises to provide military aid to the Roman proconsul Oppius, besieged in Laodicea by Mithridates’ troops. The city decides to send immediately ambassadors to the proconsul to inform him of the good disposition of the city towards the Romans and to appoint the stephanophoros Artemidorus as the military head of the contingent of auxiliary troops, which also includes paroikoi and slaves. The text ends with a declaration of absolute loyalty to Rome.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 4 \| Issue 1 \| June 2020
dc.issued	2020-06-22
dc.dateAccepted	2020-04-21
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-03-02
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/2532-6848/2020/01/011
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Afrodisia
dc.subject	Afrodisia
dc.subject	Assedio
dc.subject	Assedio
dc.subject	Fedeltà
dc.subject	Fedeltà
dc.subject	Mitridate
dc.subject	Mitridate
dc.subject	Oppio
dc.subject	Oppio
dc.subject	Roma
dc.subject	Roma

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

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abstract

The inscription contains a decree with which the city of Aphrodisias promises to provide military aid to the Roman proconsul Oppius, besieged in Laodicea by Mithridates’ troops. The city decides to send immediately ambassadors to the proconsul to inform him of the good disposition of the city towards the Romans and to appoint the stephanophoros Artemidorus as the military head of the contingent of auxiliary troops, which also includes paroikoi and slaves. The text ends with a declaration of absolute loyalty to Rome.

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June 22, 2020

Accepted

April 21, 2020

Submitted

March 2, 2020

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Keywords: Roma • Mitridate • Afrodisia • Assedio • Fedeltà • Oppio

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