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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 900: synodos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος (IG II2 1106, l. 9)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) a. 131 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: IG II2 1106, l. 9

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 1106 (after AD 131)
Note Ed. pr. IG III 32.
Other publications: Oliver 1970: 108 no. 22.; Oliver 1989: no. 188.
Online Resources IG II2 1106
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Imperial letter to an association, in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Two joining fragments of a marble stele.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found on the Acropolis.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects Reference to statues of the emperor, ἀνδριάντες, andriantes, l. 12.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Δ59
iii. Bibliography Oliver, J. (1970), Marcus Aurelius. Aspects of civic and cultural policy in the East. Princeton.
Oliver, J. (1989), Greek constitutions of early Roman emperors from inscriptions and papyri. Philadelphia.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The context of the term synodos, the word hieronikai and the verb niko suggests that here lies an athletes' association, so Oliver 1970: 109.