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Last Updated on 15 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 507: hoi synetheis philoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Ankyra Sidera

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ συνήθεις φίλοι (MAMA X 458, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi synetheis philoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 57 / 58 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:philoi
Other:synetheis

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) MAMA X 458 (57 / 58 AD)
Online Resources MAMA X 458
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honrific inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele
ii. Source(s) provenance Savcilar

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The group honors (ἐτίμησαν, etimesan, l. 2) Diogenes, son of Rufus.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland B *424A ("Antikyra Sidera"; the date is there given as 58 BCE)
iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2002), ‘Roman Law and collegia in Asia Minor’, RIDA 49: 27-44.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note It is unclear whether or not this group had a more permanent structure. Arnaoutoglou 2002: 31 (who repeats Poland's "Antikyra Sidera" and the date 58 BCE, and wrongly identifies the inscription as MAMA X 137) points to synetheia as a term for "association".
ii. Historical authenticity Certain