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CHAPTER I
ROMAN PERSONAL NAMES IN ACHAIA
1. M (ARCUS) A[- - -] PRI[- - -]
E. Mastrokostas, AE 1964 (1967) Chron., 61 no. 11, pi. Η' γ (ILGR 35 no. 53); *Rizakis,
Achate II, no. 249 [lst/2nd c. A.D.].
Patrai; upper angle of a marble grave stele: M · A[- - -] I Pri[- - -].
Remarks: In 1.1: MA, Mastrokostas, M(arcus) followed by the person's gentilicium, Rizakis. 1.2
might be understood as the beginning of a cognomen such as Prisais, Primus,
Primigenius, known at Patrai.
2. AELIUS IUCUNDUS
Rizakis, Achaïe II, no. 181 [lst/2nd c. A.D.].
Patrai; rectangular marble plaque bearing the epitaph of the named person, erected by his
parents:
D(iis) M(anibus) I Aelio Iucundo I filio I parentes.
3. Κ(ΟΪΝΤΟΣ) ΑΙΛ(ΙΟΣ) ΖΩΣΙΜΟΣ
Rizakis, Achaïe II, no. 177 [3rd c. A.D.]
Patrai; marble stele bearing the epitaph of the person containing also a penalty for illegal use
of the tomb:
Κ(όιντος) Αΐλ(ιος) Ζώσιμος Κίλιξ {ενθάΙδε κείται Κίλιξ} ΤαβεννήΙσιος ένθάθε κεται, Ι
εισερχομένων δεΙ 5 ξιάς χειρός. Ει δε τις Ιτολμήσιεν ετε{τε}Ιρόν τίνα θειναι, δώΐσει τφ ταμείω Ι
(δηνάρια) αφ'.
Κίλιξ, Ταβεννήσιος
Remarks: The person, perhaps originally from Cilicia, seems also to have enjoyed citizenship
of Ravenna. The form of the ethnic is Ταβεννήσιος (Etienne de Byzance, s.v.) or
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