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ROMAN PELOPONNESE I
bers' pre-existing knowledge of the epigraphic material for the region. 4 The onomasticon of the cities
of the Péloponnèse will appear in two independent volumes: the present volume contains the nomina
romana in alphabetical order for Achaia, Arcadia, Elis and Corinth. The second volume, whose
publication will follow immediately, will include Laconia and Messenia. Finally, a third planned volume
will bring together the studies of many specialists on subjects not only directly concerned with
the typology of Roman onomastic formulations and their multiple forms in the Greek milieu, but also
investigations into political and social history drawing their inspiration from the whole of the onomastic
material in the first two volumes, as well as from other sources.
While the responsibility for the most crucial decisions with regard to the choice of collaborators,
the programme's aims and their realization was squarely on the present author's shoulders, the
Peloponnesian project in particular would not have borne fruit had it not been for a pleiad of young
scholars who played a decisive role in assembling the epigraphic material. 5 S. Zoumbaki in particular
assumed responsibility for Eleia, material that formed the basis for her doctoral dissertation, as well
as for Arcadia and the Argolid. L. Mendoni contributed to the assembling of material for the Argolid
and lent decisive assistance during the first stages of organising the project. M. Kantirea was responsible
for Corinth, in parallel with her dissertation on emperor cult. In addition to bearing responsibility
for the material from Achaia, the undersigned also acted as project leader, coordinator and overseer
of the collected work. But the final product also owes much to the knowledge and experience of
a wide range of other colleagues to whom I would like to express my wannest gratitude. With our colleagues
at the KERA, and especially with A. Tataki, we frequently benefited from discussions of
method as well as substance. Through many lengthy conversations during the course of three hot
Argive summers spent at the Maison Gordon, M. Piérart enriched our treatment of the material from
the Argolid, and Argos in particular. For her friendly reception and assistance during our three visits
to Epidaurus - the first with L. Mendoni and S. Zoumbaki - the then ephor E. Spathari and her colleague
Ch. Piteros deserve our warm thanks. They spontaneously put at my disposal many facilities
which sped considerably the task of locating the inscriptions in the sanctuary and checking the readings.
Th. Spyropoulos, ephor of Laconia and Arcadia, received us generously in June of 1999 and led
us in a splendid study-tour, together with C. Lepenioti, M. Kantirea and J.-L. Ferrary, taking in the
Museum of Tripolis and the archaeological sites and museums of Tegea, Mantinea, Orchomenos, and
Megalopolis. To my friend M. Petropoulos, ephor of Achaia, I once again direct my sincerest thanks
for his kind and generous grant of unpublished material. The Corinth section, as is obvious from the
countless references and notes, was enhanced and improved above all by the excellent command of
the material, and also the great generosity, of B. Millis, to whom we again owe our gratitude. Without
his substantial advice - which was made possible by the intervention of R. Stroud, whom we would
also like to thank - many mistakes and innumerable problems would have escaped our notice. O.
Salomies and S. Demougin dedicated many hours of their valuable time to what were for us highly
profitable discussions, and on top of that they accepted to read a first version of this catalogue, making
many corrections and additions, often to issues of critical importance. For this we extend our
thanks, as well as to P. Le Roux, M. Christol, M. Corbier and S. Follet for much helpful advice. Finally,
particular thanks go to E.K. Fowden, corrector of our English and translator of the Prologue and
Introduction, as also to our colleague G. Fowden, who rendered us much good-humoured assistance.
The present volume, as well as those to follow (Roman Péloponnèse II and III), is part of the
ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ series published by the Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity, a fact that gives me
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