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Last Updated on 09 Jul 2019

Author: Georgios Zachos

CAPInv. 928: Rhomaioi ho[i epidemountes en Opounti]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region East Lokris
iii. Site Opous

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ῥωμαῖοι ο[ἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες ἐν Ὀποῦντι] (IG IX 1², 5, 1935)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Rhomaioi ho[i epidemountes en Opounti]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) - ii (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Ethnic:Roman origin.
Geographical:They are staying in Opous.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG IX 1², 5, 1935 (i or ii AD)
Online Resources IG IX 1², 5, 1935
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific inscription. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Probably a statue base
ii. Source(s) provenance St. Theodoroi church in Atalanti

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Roman residents of Opous

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities They erected, along with the Demos of Opountion, the statue of their patron C. Cestius Horatia Servilius.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction They honor their patron along with the Demos of the city, an indication that they possibly have a specific status and they act independently of the public institutions.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland E*16
iii. Bibliography Schörner, G. (2003), Votive im römischen Griechenland: Untersuchungen zur Späthellenistichen und kaiserzeitlichen Kunst-und Religionsgeschichte. Stuttgart: no. 1100.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note There are no sufficient evidence about their activity, but they possibly acted as a body in accordance to examples from other regions. They honor their patron along with the Demos of the city, an indication that they possibly have an indication
that they possibly have a specific status and they act independently of the public institutions.