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ROMAN PERSONAL NAMES IN CORINTHIA
486-488
Corinth, gymnasium area; triangular pedestal of white marble inscribed on all three sides; list
of magistrates and victors of the Caesarea Isthmia games; he was victor in τέθριππο τέλειο.
Αργειος (of Argos)
Remarks: There are two persons in Argos bearing the name Pompeius Cleosthenes, father and
son (ARG 207, 208) but it is unknown which one is meant here. For the date see A.
Spawforth, GRBS 15, 1974,297-299.
486. ΓΝΑΙΟΣ ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΣ ΖΗΝΑΣ
*G. Lambakis, Miscellanea Salinas (Panormi 1907) 78, n. 2 (E. Ziebarth, Bursian
Jahresberichte, 184, 1920, 109; SEG 11, 1954, 50); M. Mitsos, AE 1936, 146; M. Guarducci,
Epigraphica 1, 1939, 17-20 (AnnÉpigr 1940, 58) [3rd c. A.D.].
Corinthia, Kenchreai; inscription on a rock recording a dedication to Zeus set up by the
person:
Πραιτωριανοί: Ι Γναιος ΠοΙμπήιος Ι Ζηνάς άΙ 5 γορανοΙμήσας ΔΙιός ΔιονύΙσω δεκ(άτην).
*487. [Α. P]OMP[ONIUS] Ç. F. QUIR(INA) AUGUR[INUS T. PRIFER]NIUS PAETUS
Corinth Vili. 3, 134, pi. 13 [A.D. 102-114 ].
Corinth, forum; fragment of a block of grayish marble; inscription in his honour erected by [M.
Antonius Achaicus] (COR 53):
[A. P]omp[onio] I Ç. fil. Quir. [Augu]r[ino T. Priferjlnio Paeto trib. [mil. legionis X] I Fretensis,
prae[f. coh. I miliariae], I 5 [p]raef. alae II Fl., [post victori. Geticam] I [ab] Imp. Caesare Ne[rva
Traiano Aug. Germ. I Dae. doni]s m[ilitaribus vexillo] I [argenteo hasta pura corona murali] I
honorato, [proc. Aug. prov. Achaiae], I 10 [M. Antonius Achaicus s. p. f. c.].
Remarks: The restoration of the fragment is assured by a duplicate Greek inscription in his
honour erected in Argos (ARG 213). For the person see Groag, Reichsbeamten, 143-
144; Pflaum, Carrières, no. 72; Devijver, Ρ 72. His procuratorship of Achaia dates
after A.D. 102.
*488. [- - - ΠΟΝ]ΤΙΑΝ[ΟΣ]
Corinth VIII. 3, 223, 11. 2-3, pi. 20; better in *A. Spawforth, GRBS 15, 1974, 295-297 [A.D.
131 or 135].
Corinth; part of a prism-shaped three-sided shaft of white marble recording a list of officials
and victors of the Caesarea Isthmia games; his name at the head of the document is used as an
indication of the dating; he was ύπατος (consul).
Remarks: The person can be identified either with Ser. Octavius Laenas Pontianus, senior
Ordinarius in A.D. 131 (Degrassi, Tasti Consolari, 37) or L. Tutilius Lupercus
Pontianus, senior Ordinarius in A.D. 135 (Degrassi, Tasti consolari, 38); for a
discussion, see Spawforth, loc. cit.
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