A Hellenistic isopoliteia decree from Laodikeia on the Lykos
Abstract
The author re-edits a recently published decree of isopoliteia
from Laodikeia on the Lykos in south-west Phrygia, dated on the basis of
letter-forms to the third or early second century BC. The decree (passed by a
city whose identity is uncertain, “city x”) confers citizenship and various
other privileges on the people of Laodikeia, in response to a Laodikeian
embassy reporting an earlier grant of isopoliteia from the Laodikeians to “city
x”. The author proposes various new restorations to the text of the decree, and
argues that the city responsible for passing the extant decree is not (as the
first editor had suggested) Stratonikeia in Karia, but the city of
Seleukeia–Tralleis in the Maeander valley.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Linguistics
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
December 31, 2016
Submission Date
July 16, 2016
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 2