Keywords
Quintus Burricius Follius Classicus
Ornamenta
Decurionalia
Duoviralia
Sacerdotalia
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Abstract
This article presents a Latin honorary inscription found in the cemetery of the town of Geyikli in the province of Çanakkale. Like other epigraphic finds previously discovered at the cemetery, the inscribed stone was likely transported from the ancient city of Alexandreia Troas. The inscription was found on an architectural fragment decorated with grooves on the right side. This stone is likely part of a pilaster that once belonged to a monumental building. The inscription honours Quintus Burricius Follius Classicus, a member of the gens Burricia. Other members of the gens were also mentioned in an unpublished honorary inscription that was found in the Smintheion. The bestowal of ornamenta decurionalia, duoviralia and sacerdotalia suggest Quintus Burricius Follius Classicus was a distinguished person. Epigraphic examples of ornamenta are not common in Alexandreia Troas. This inscription is significant because it is the only example of a person being honoured with three ornamenta in the city. Q. Burricius Follius Classicus was probably too young to be a member of the ordo decurionum, and as a member of a local elite family, he was able to benefit from these honours.
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