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decorated with a cymatium:
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ROMAN PERSONAL NAMES IN ARGOLIS ^6-
[Dis] manibus I [L. Ae]lio Camo l[Nae]vius Callistus I [a]mico optimo.
[3] W. Vollgraff, BCH21, 1903, 265, no. 17 (ILGR 85) [2nd c. A.D.].
Argos, in a vineyard on the road from Argos to Myloi; a limestone grave stele erected by
Naevius Callistus for himself, his wife and his friend L. Aelius Camus decorated with a
cymatium:
in parte antica: [L. Naevius Cal]listus sibi et Veneriae coniug(i) I [et L. Aeli]o Camo amico
optimo I [in fronte c]um taberna ped(es) (numerus) in agro ped(es) (numerus)
in parte postica: L. Naevius Callistus sibi et Ven[eraiae coniug(i)] I et L. Aelio Camo amico
[optimo] I in fronte cum taberna ped(es) (numerus) in agro pe[d(es) (numerus)].
[4] W. Vollgraff, BCH21, 1903, 265, no. 18 (ILGR 86) [2nd c. A.D.].
Argos, in a vineyard on the road from Argos to Myloi; a funerary inscription for Naevius
Callistus: [Dis] manibfus] IL. Naevi I Callisti.
Remarks: For the person see Mitsos, 20. The date of the inscriptions is based on the phrase
"Dis manibus"; cf. Rizakis, Achaïe II, 76 n. 2 (bibliography).
196. [Ν]ΑΙΒΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ
7GIV835 Β, 1.7 [Iste. A.D.].
Troizen; three fragments of a marble plaque bearing inscriptions related to loans.
Remarks: Cf. S. Zoumbaki, "Η Τροιζήν κατά τη ρωμαϊκή εποχή: εσωτερική οργάνωση-οικονομική
ζωή-κοινωνία", Acts of the 1st international conference on the history and
archaeology of the Argo-Saronic gulf, Poros 26-29 June 1998 (in press).
197. ΓΝΑΙΟΣ ΟΚΤΑΙΟΣ ΓΝΑΙΟΥ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΣ
P. Charneux, BCH81, 1957, 181-202,1. 9 (SEG 16, 1959, 255) [170/169 B.C.].
Argos; an honorary decree for Cn. Octavius, who was a member of an embassy to the Achaean
League: επειδή ΓναΧος Όκτάιος Γναίου Τωμαΐος...προνοουμένος υπέρ τών συμφερόντων
[τάι τε πό]λει καί τοις 'Αχαιοΐς αποσταλείς...πρεσβευτάς [μετά] Γαϊου υπό Αΰλου του
υπάτου στραταγοϋ τών Τωμαίων etc.
legate
Remarks: For the date at the end of the decree see remarks on ARG 25. About Cn. Octavius
see EL 291.
198. ΟΡΚΙΟΣ
W. Vollgraff, BCH 33, 1909, 461-6, no. 26 [2nd/3rd c. A.D.].
Argos; a stele of gray limestone; the text is a record in the Roman calendar; according to
Vollgraff it is "le compte rendu des séances de la boule d'Argos".
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