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ROMAN PERSONAL NAMES IN CORINTHIA
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Corinth, Roman bath; stele of grained white marble inscribed on all three faces; list of officials
and victors of the Caesarea Isthmia games; he was victor in άποβ[ατικόν] κρίσι[ν β' ].
Remarks: For the date see T. Atilius Rufus Titianus (COR 94).
139. [P. CANINIUS P. li]b(ertus) STRAB
L. R. Dean, AJA 23, 1919, 171, no. 14, fig. 9B (AnnÉpigr 1919, 6); "Corinth VIII. 2, 66 [under
Claudius].
Corinth; broken limestone block; inscription in honour of P. Caninius Alexiadae f. Co(llina)
Agrippa (COR 135, text) erected by the person, who was his client.
Remarks: Lapis: Β STRABD; A. B. West, Corinth VIII. 2, 66, points out that the letter Β
before Strabo is difficult to understand, we propose [P. Caninius P. li]b(ertus)
Strab.
140. ΑΟΥΚΙΟΣ ΚΑΝ[Ι]ΟΣ
Corinth I. 4, 101; "Corinth VIII. 3, 353 (SEG 14, 1957, 305); cf. Ο. Broneer, AE 1937, 132-
133 and BullÉpigr 1940, 5 lb [early imperial period (?)].
Corinth, forum; graffito on a wall.
Remarks: Solin and Salomies, 45. Broneer, loc. cit., reads λάν[ι]ος, (lanius, i.e. butcher); cf.
Robert, in BullÉpigr, loc. cit., who notes that Lanius is also a gentilicium (Solin and
Salomies, 101); less probably are the readings suggested by J. H. Kent, commentary
on Corinth VIII. 3, 353, Καγ[αΙ]ος (/'. e. from the city of Canae in Aeolis) or
κάγ[αβ]ος (i. e. Lucius is skinny) and κάμ[π]ος (/. e. Lucius is a monster) if the text
is derogatory.
•141. C(AIUS) CARISTANIUS [. F. SER(GIA) I]ULIANUS
Corinth VIII. 2, 55 (AnnÉpigr 1932, 87); *Groag, Reichsbeamten, 51-52 [A.D. 98-102].
Corinth; white marble block; inscription in his honour:
C. Caristanio I [. f. Ser. I]uliano, procos., I [trib. mil. leg. XI]I Fu[l]m., pr. [a]lae, [praetori in]ter
c[iv]is (?) I 5 et civis et peregr]inos et in[ter] I per[egr]inos, le[g. pr]o pr. provine I [iae ]ae.
From Pisidian Antioch
Remarks: He is also attested in two Greek inscriptions from Delphi (FD III. 4, 47) and Athens
(IG II 2 4206). For his career, see Groag, loc. cit., 51-52; PIR 2 C, 426; E. Birley,
Epigraphische Studien 8, 1969,81; Eck, Senatoren, 105, η. 70; Halfmann, Senatoren,
no. 34 (his origin was from Pisidian Antioch); Devijver, C 82; Thomasson, 192-193,
no. 23. His proconsulship of Achaia dates to A.D. 98-102 (Groag; for the date see
also Halfmann and Eck, loc. cit.). For the family of Caristanii see A. B. West,
Corinth VIII. 2, pp. 36-37.
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