INSCRIPTION

Dedication of Megalopolis to M. Tadius Spedianus, financed by his wife and children

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 ἡ πόλις ἡ Μεγαλο-
πολειτῶν Μ(ᾶρκον) Τάδιον
Σπεδιανὸν Μ(άρκου) Ταδίου
Τειμοκράτους ὑὸν
5 τά τε ἄλλα πολειτευσάμενον
φιλοτείμως καὶ ἀγωνοθετήσαν-
τα τῶν Λυκαίων καὶ Καισαρήων λαμ̣-
πρῶς καὶ ἐναρέτως, προσδεξα-
μένης τὸ ἀνάλωμα Κλαυδίας Ἰου-
10 λίτης τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν̣
παιδίων Ταδίων Τειμοκράτους
καὶ Σωτηρίχου.
ψ(ηφίσματι) β(ουλῆς)
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: 2nd c. CE (?)
  Location: Megalopolis
  Museum (Storage Place:
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Τιβέρια Κλαυδία Ιουλίτη
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Funded honours
   Comments: Tiberia Claudia Iulite financed the monument for her husband, M. Tadius Spedianus, erected by the city of Megalopolis. The same person funded a monument for her brother (IG V, 2, 464).
  Bibliography:

IG V, 2, 463; RP I, ARC 58.

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-05-17
  Edited: 2024-05-17