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Last Updated on 09 Mar 2017

Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1205: U-THR-023

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Euxine Coast
iii. Site Tomis

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-THR-023

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii / iii AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Tomis 129 (l. ii - e. iii AD).
Note Other publications: CIL III 7532 = ILS 4069 = CCET IV 48
Online Resources I.Tomis 129
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Latin dedication of an association to the Thracian Rider (l. 1: (H)ero(i) et D[omino?]).
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragmentary pedimental marble stele with relief depicting the Thracian Rider.
ii. Source(s) provenance Tomis

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Menia Iuliane Tiana mater Romanorum. She is from Tius in Paphlagonia (not from Tyana in Cappadocia).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number More than 12, as the names (tria nomina, sometimes without praenomen) of 11 persons are mentioned besides the mater Romanorum.
ii. Gender Men
Women
Note The only woman is the mater Romanorum.
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status The origo is mentioned for all members: n(atus) - Two persons are from Nicomedia, two from Abonutichus (i.e. Abonou teichos), one from Heracleia (Pontica), one from Perinthus, one from (an unknown) Caesarea, two from Tius (besides the mater Romanorum), one from Mazaca and one of unknown origin (because the stone is broken).

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Given the dedication to (H)eros et D[ominus?] (i.e. the Thracian Rider), worship by the group can be supposed. However, this was surely not the main divinity of the association.
Deities worshipped Heros

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The presence of a woman at the head of the members might suggest an association of Roman worshippers of Cybele.
iii. Bibliography Bounegru, O. (2006), Trafiquants et navigateurs sur le Bas Danube et dans le Pont Gauche à l’époque romaine. Wiesbaden: 75-6, 137 no. 51.
Oppermann, M. (2006), Der Thrakische Reiter des Ostbalkanraumes im Spannungsfeld von Graecitas, Romanitas und lokalen Traditionen. Langenweißbach: 83 and 333 no. 361.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology employed points to a private association.