INSCRIPTION

An honourific inscription to a prominent Roman official by Licinia

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 [— — — —] Γ̣έμιν̣[ον(?)],
[ὕπατον, ἀ]ν̣θύπα-
[τον Μακεδ]ονί-
[ας, — — — —]․η[․․],
5 [στρατηγ]όν, ἀγορα-
[νόμον], τ̣αμίαν,
[— — — Λ]ικινία
[— — — εὐ]ε̣ργέτην
[γενόμενον αὑτ]ῆς
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: 1st c. CE ?
  Location: Olympia
  Museum (Storage Place:
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Λικινία
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Bestowed honours
   Comments:

Plaque that preserves an honourific inscription and the cursus honorum of a prominent Roman official, Geminus, dedicated by Licinia since he was her benefactor. She was probably an Elean. See also Zoumbaki, Elis und Olympia, Λ 19.  

  Bibliography:

IvO 349; RP I, EL 247

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-08-10
  Edited: