Athletics, army recruitment and heroisation: L. Sep. Fl. Flavillianus of Oinoanda.
This article presents an inscribed statue base discovered at Oinoanda by Professor Martin Ferguson Smith in 2002. The new inscription is placed in its historical context, and the commentary traces the implications for our understanding of Roman army recruitment, the role of the civic elite in respon...
| Publicado en: | Anatolian Studies (British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara) Vol. 61; pp. 151 - 168 |
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British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara
2011
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| Sumario: | This article presents an inscribed statue base discovered at Oinoanda by Professor Martin Ferguson Smith in 2002. The new inscription is placed in its historical context, and the commentary traces the implications for our understanding of Roman army recruitment, the role of the civic elite in responding to the demands of the imperial government and the practice of heroisation in the competition for honour among the notables who were also the city's victorious athletes. |
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