The Enigmatic Sospes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10992687 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald Syme (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Pages | 38-49 |
| Publication date | 1977-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Roman Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0075-4358 • E-ISSN: 1753-528X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/299917 |
| OpenAlex | W2134752841 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 4 |
Inscriptions found at Pisidian Antioch disclose the careers of several senators. They afford various instruction, the prime specimen being ‘] P.f. Stel. Sospes’. The stone was discovered by Hamilton, and it will be a suitable tribute to epigraphists if one reproduces the copy made by the careful and exemplary Sterrett. P·F·STEL·SOS TI·FETIALI·LEG·AVG PRO·PR·PROVINC·GAL PISID·PHRYG·LVC·ISAVR· PAPHLAG·PONTI·GALA PONTI·POLEMONIANI ARM·LEG·LEG·XIII·GEM DONAT·DON·MILITARIB EXPEDIT·SVEBIC·ET·SARM COR·MVR·COR·VALL·COR AVR·HAST·PVR·TRIB·VE XILL·TRIB·CVRAT·COLO NIOR·ET·MVNICIPIOR·PRAE FRVM·DAND·EX·S·C·PRAETOR AED·CVRVL·Q·CRET·ET·C TRIB·LEG·XXIII·PRIMIGEN IIIVIR·A·A·A·FF· THIASVS·LIB The document touches large fields of imperial history, not mere dates and detail in the record of a single senator. Hence abundant debate, and it goes on. Economy and clarity counsel a direct approach to the text. The last two posts held by Sospes offer some prospect of precision
Local and provincial institutions and government
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The growth of administrative posts
Africa
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The army
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The Danube provinces
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Hadrian to the Antonines
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Literacy
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Literature and sophistic
The Cambridge Ancient History
Das Edikt des L. Antistius Rusticus
| Citations per year | 1.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2000 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |