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Author: Maria-Gabriella Parissaki

CAPInv. 1636: posiastai Her[onos] [pro]s ta Torviana

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Macedonia
ii. Region Edonis
iii. Site Philippi

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ποσιασταὶ Ἥρ[ωνος] [πρὸ]ς τὰ Τορβιανά (Philippi II 133/G441, ll. 20-21)
ii. Full name (transliterated) posiastai Her[onos] [pro]s ta Torviana

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Heroic:Ἥρων, Heron
Topographical:πρὸς τὰ Τορβιανά, pros ta Torviana
Note

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Philippi II 133/G441 (ii - iii AD)
Note See also: GRA I 69

Ed.pr.: Lemerle 1936: 336-43
Online Resources Philippi II 133/G441 and AGRW ID 15481
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele of local marble (1.26 x 0.64 x 0.40); three draped busts depicted at its upper part.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found at the cemetery along the Via Egnatia, outside the gate leading to Neapolis.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects Since the first editor Lemerle 1936: 341, the term Τορβιανά Torbiana is interpreted as pointing to a monument constructed by a certain Torvus.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members ποσιασταί, posiastai

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income The association is mentioned as the recipient of a fine of 300 denarii to be paid to it in case another association - namely the symposion theou Souregethou, see CAPInv. 1635 - fails to fulfill the conditions of an endowment.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The term ποσιασταί, posiastai, points to banquets.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction For a second association mentioned in the same inscription, see CAPInv. 1635.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments For the terms συμπόσιον, symposion, ποσιασταί/συμποσιασταί, posiastai/symposiastai, and the title συμποσίαρχος/συμποσιάρχης, symposiarchos/symposiarches, see the comments in CAPInv. 536.
Heros with no further specification in the territory of Philippi points to Heros Aulonites according to Pilhofer 2009: 159.
The two persons named in the text (husband and wife) were not necessarily members of the association; cf. the relevant comment of GRA I 69. The deceased and his wife were Roman citizens of Thracian origin, as indicated by their cognomina.
iii. Bibliography Lemerle, P. (1936), ‘Le testament d'un Thrace à Philippes’, BCH 60: 336-43.
Pilhofer, P. (2009), Philippi, Band II: Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi. rev. edn. Tübingen: 157-60, no. 133/G441.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used and the character of the group point to a private association.