Procurator Domitius Philippus ve İS. 3. Yüzyılın İlk Yarısında Nysa ad Maeandrum

Year 2016, Volume: 2, 152 - 162, 31.12.2016

Ebru Nalan Akdoğu Arca

Abstract

Makale’de bir Karia kenti olan Nysa ad Maeandrum’da 1998 yılı agora kazıları sırasında bulun-muş bir yazıt tanıtılmaktadır. Yazıtta ducenarius seviyesinde atlı sınıfından bir procurator ve aynı zamanda da Nysa kentine logistes (curator rei publicae) olarak atanmış Domitius Philippus onur-landırılmaktadır. Bu kişi büyük bir ihtimalle procurator provinciae Asiae’dır. Domitius Phi-lippus’un kimliği belirsiz olmakla bir¬likte 1 Ocak 241’den Nisan 242’ye kadar Mısır’a praefectus Aegypti yerine alışılmadık bir şekilde stra¬te¬lates yani dux olarak gönderilen Cn. Domitius Phi-lippus (PIR2 D 157) ile aynı kişi olması ihtimal dahi¬lindedir. Domitius Philippus olasılıkla Asia Eyaleti’nde ducenarius seviyesinde finans procurator’u olarak görev yaptıktan sonra olağanüstü bir görevle Mısır’a gönderilmiştir. Domitius Philippus’u onur¬lan¬dıran kişi ise kent idaresinin en üst sınıfından protos arkhon M. Aurelius Attalos’tur. Bu şahısla ilgili olarak da makalede, kentten tanınan M. [Aur.] Apollonios III’ün iki oğlundan (Apollonios IV-Attalos) biri olan Attalos (BCH 7, 1883, no. 15) ile bağlantı kurulmaktadır. Gerek Domitius Philippus gerekse M. Aur. Attalos eşleştirmelerinden hareketle yazıt 230’lu yıllara tarihlenmektedir. Philippus logistes olarak görev yaptığı Nysa’da ktistes olarak adlandırılmıştır. Buradan yola çıkılarak olasılıkla kentte bazı yapı faaliyetlerini denetlemek ve bunlar için kaynak sağlamak amacıyla imparator tarafından kente gönderilmiş olmalıdır. Ancak Philippus’un kentte hangi yapıları yaptırdığı ve kentin bu dönemde hangi ekonomik nedenle bir logistes’e ihtiyaç duyduğu anlaşılamamaktadır. Bu noktada bazı öneri-lerin ardından birtakım 3. yüzyıl problemlerine değinilen makalede kentin, Asia Eyaleti’nin bölünmesinden bir süre önce, her ne kadar logistes desteğine ihtiyaç duysa da hala inşa faaliyetle-rine para ayırabilen bir konumda olduğu sonucuna varılmaktadır. 

Yazıtın çevirisi şöyledir: «Son derece seçkin (kratistos) procurator ducenarius Augusti Domitius Philippus’u son derece parlak Nysa’lıların kenti, kendi kurucusu ve logistes’ini (onurlandırdı). Baş arkhon M. Aurelius Attalos ve grammateus’lar (kararın dikimiyle) ilgilendi».

Keywords

Nysa, Domitius Philipus, procurator, logistes, Heykel kaidesi

The Procurator Domitius Philippus and Nysa ad Maeandrum in the First Half of the 3rd Century AD

Abstract

This article presents an inscription unearthed during the agora excavations at the Carian city of Nysa ad Maeandrum in 1998. It was set up in honour of a member of the equestrian rank: Domi-tius Philippus, procurator Augusti ducenarius and logistes (curator rei publicae). He was most probably a procurator provinciae Asiae. He may be identical with Cn. Domitius Philippus (PIR2 D 157), who was sent to Egypt as stratelates/dux between 1 January 241 and April 242 for an ext-raordinary mission, probably after he had held a financial procuratela with the rank of a ducenarius in the province Asia (perhaps with another procuratela in between). The protos archon M. Aureli-us Attalos, together with the grammateis, was responsible for the erection of the monument for Domitius Philippus. This M. Aurelius Attalos could be identical with Attalos, one of the sons (Apollonios IV-Attalos) of M. [Aur.] Apollonios III, and a member of the city elite (BCH 7, 1883, no. 15). If the identification of Domitius Philippus and M. Aur. Attalos is correct, the inscription can be dated to the 230s CE. Philippus received the title ktistes as a procurator and logistes at Ny-sa. Consequently, he may have been sent to this city by the emperor in order to control building activities and to find new resources for this purpose through examination of the city’s accounts. It is not known what construction projects Philippus may have been responsible for and why the city came to require a logistes for this work; however, it is known that the city spent a lot of money on building projects in the first and the second centuries CE. Having discussed some third-century problems, the author assumes that Nysa was still able at that time to provide money for construc-tion activities, but the city was in need of logistai.

Keywords

Nysa, Domitius Philippus, procurator, logistes, Statue base

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