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Last Updated on 15 Mar 2017

Author: Jessica Piccinini

CAPInv. 1060: to koinon ton aleiphomenon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Southern Italy with Sicily
ii. Region Calabria
iii. Site Rhegion

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τῶν ἀλειφομένων (IG XIV 616, l. 8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton aleiphomenon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:aleiphomenos
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: IG XIV 616, l. 8

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XIV 616 (II BC)
Note See also: I.Reggio Calabria 5
Online Resources IG XIV 616
I.Reggio Calabria 5
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script IG XIV 616 is a Greek honorary inscription for Aristomachos, who was gymnasiarch.
i.c. Physical format(s) IG XIV 616 is a rectangular limestone bloc (see D'Amore 2007: 29-30, no. 5).
ii. Source(s) provenance IG XIV 616 was found after an earthquake in 1783 as a block reused in the extra-urban defensive walls of the late medieval Reggio Calabria, between the modern via Biagio Camagna and Giulia, at the crossroad in via Torrione.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The gymnasium of Rhegion (Theophr. Hist. pl. 4.6-7; Plin. HN 12.6-7) was found nearby the Imperial public baths, the so called 'Terme Genoese' in Corso Garibaldi (cfr. Lazzarini 2004: 177; D'Amore 2007: 30).

VII. ORGANIZATION

Gender Male
iii. Members ἀλειφόμενοι, aleiphomenoi (l. 8)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Given the gymnasial character of the aleiphomenoi they were men.
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status The honorand was a gymnasiarch.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Cordiano, G. (1997), La ginnasiarchia nelle poleis dell'Occidente mediterraneo antico. Pisa: 65-6.
Lazzarini, M.L. (2004), ‘Sopravvivenze istituzionali e culturali greche nell'Italia romana’, in S. Follet (ed.), L'Hellénisme d'époque romaine, nouveaux documents, nouvelles approaches (Ier s.a.C.-IIIe s.p.C.), Actes du colloque international à la mémoire de Louis Robert, Paris 7-8 juillet 2000, Paris: 173-82.
D'Amore, L. (2007), Iscrizioni greche d'Italia, Reggio Calabria. Roma: 29-30.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The use of the term koinon to describe this group and the typology and wording of the dedication point towards the hypothesis that we are dealing with an association. It is not clear, however, whether it was private or public.