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Last Updated on 01 Jul 2019

Author: Aitor Blanco Perez

CAPInv. 383: he phamilia

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Pisidia
iii. Site Adada

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ φαμιλία (IGR III 372, ll. 5-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he phamilia

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - 212 (?) AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGR III 372 (i - 212 (?) AD)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorific inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Square cippus
ii. Source(s) provenance Agora

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Bianor son of Antiochos (ll. 2-3)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status Given the position of Bianor as highpriest of the imperial cult and the use of the term phamilia, this group was almost certainly composed of gladiators (cf. Carter 2004: 41-68).

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Carter, M. (2004), ‘Archiereis and Asiarchs: A Gladiatorial Perspective’, GRBS 44: 41-68.
Robert, L. (1971), Les gladiateurs dans l'Orient grec. Amsterdam.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The single surviving attestation of this phamilia does not provide any precise detail about the nature of the group. It is impossible to know whether they form a stable association or whether they had a private character. As a result, its evaluation should only remain possible.