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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Aegean Islands
ii.	Region	Rhodes
iii.	Site	Lindos

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	Διονυσιαστᾶν Νερωνιανῶν (κοινόν)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	Dionysiastan Neronianon (koinon)

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

10 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii.

Name elements

Personal:	Neronianoi indicates a connection to Tiberius (emperor AD 14-37), who in 6 BC withdrew from public life to come and stay in Rhodes (Suet. Tib. 10.2; Vell. 2.99.1-2; Dio 55.9.7 et al.)
Theophoric:	From the god Dionysus, whose priesthood (and cult) in Lindos is attested in I.Lindos II 109, l. 8. See D. Morelli, I culti in Rhodi. Studi classici e orientali 8 (Pisa, 1959): 37-42, 122-126.

iii.

Descriptive terms

κοινόν, koinon

Note

Even though it is not explicitly attested, the word koinon is clearly implied.

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	I.Lindos II 392b, l. 19 I.Lindos II 392a, l. 16 I.Lindos II 391, ll. 35-6
	Note	It is the first of these inscriptions that preserves the name of the association in full.
	Online Resources	I.Lindos II 391 I.Lindos II 392a-b
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	I.Lindos II 391: Honorary dedication I.Lindos II 392a-b: Honorary dedications In Greek
i.c.	Physical format(s)	I.Lindos II 391 is a rectangular stele of Lartian marble. The upper right corner is broken. The upper and lower surfaces joined with other blocks. On the lateral faces there is a protruding decorative fillet. I.Lindos II 392, too, is a rectangular stele of Lartian marble carrying text (a) above text (b).
ii.	Source(s) provenance	Both stelai have been found on the acropolis of Lindos.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv.

Honours/Other activities

Our association honoured Lapheides son of Lapheides, the priest of Athana Lindia of AD 10, twice, each time with a golden wreath (χρυσέω στεφάνω], chryseo stephano) (I.Lindos II 391, l. 36), his wife Nikasa, also twice and each time with a golden wreath (ibid. 392a, l. 16), and their son Lapheides, also twice and each time with a golden wreath (ibid. 392b, l. 19).
In both stelai, the Dionysiastan Neronianon (koinon) is listed together with other honouring bodies (public as well as private), which, in addition to other private associations, include the Rhodian demos and the Lindian demos: for the full list, see table in Lindos II col. 747.

XI. INTERACTION

i.	Local interaction	The Dionysiastan Neroneianon (koinon) is listed together with a number of important public bodies (e.g. the Rhodian demos, the Lindian demos) and private associations, all of which (including our association) had awarded honours to members of a very prominent Lindian family: Lapheides son of Lapheides, priest of Athana Lindia of AD 10, his wife Nikasa and their son Lapheides: see I.Lindos II, cols. 41-2, stemma 14.
ii.	Interaction abroad	The second element of the name of this association (Neronianon) and the link that it indicates to Tiberius (emperor AD 14-37) suggests some form of interaction with a politically powerful Roman family, especially when it is known that in 6 BC Tiberius withdrew from public life to come and stay in Rhodes (Suet. Tib. 10.2, et al.)

XIII. EVALUATION

i.	Private association	Certain
	Note	The theophoric and personal elements in the name of this association make it certain that it was a private one.

CAPInv. 98: Dionysiastan Neronianon (koinon)