Macedoniarch (Greek: μακεδονιάρχης) was a Roman-era title for the president of the Koinon of Macedonians. The title was only given to 11 people.

Office

The Macedoniarch was the president of the Koinon of Macedonians,[1] and sometimes but not always the chief priest of the Roman imperial cult in Roman Macedonia.[2][3] The office was also considered an important official of the Synhedrion, a provincial council consisted of municipal aristocracy, Roman citizens, and - in some cases - slaves and freedmen.[4] The Macedoniarch also headed an influential club called the society of Sarapiasts starting from the reign of the Severan dynasty.[5]

History

The earliest record of a Macedoniarch to come from Thessalonica is from 219 AD.[6] The title was only held by 11 people, six of which are believed to be of Roman descent, based upon them having a cognomen.[7] An account, however, cited that epigraphic evidences recorded two Macedoniarchs during the first century AD and 23 the following century.[8]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Burrell 2003, p. 192.
  2. ↑ Potter 2009, p. 232.
  3. ↑ Potter, David S. (2010). A Companion to the Roman Empire. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 232. ISBN 9780631226444.
  4. ↑ Nasrallah, Laura; Bakirtzis, Charalambos; Friesen, Steven J. (2010). From Roman to Early Christian Thessalonike: Studies in Religion and Archaeology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 51. ISBN 9780674053229.
  5. ↑ Frankfurter, David; Hahn, Johannes; Naerebout, Frits (2014). Power, Politics and the Cults of Isis: Proceedings of the Vth International Conference of Isis Studies, Boulogne-sur-Mer, October 13-15, 2011. Leiden: BRILL. p. 20. ISBN 9789004277182.
  6. ↑ Burrell 2003, p. 199.
  7. ↑ Tataki 1988, p. 460.
  8. ↑ Hinge, George (2014). Classica et Mediaevalia, Volume 65. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 232. ISBN 9788763543958.

Books

  • Burrell, Barbara (2003). Neokoroi: Greek Cities And Roman Emperors. Boston: Brill. ISBN 9789004125780.
  • Potter, David (2009). A Companion to the Roman Empire. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781405199186.
  • Tataki, Argyro B. (1988). Ancient Beroea: Prosopography And Society. Athens: Research Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity, National Hellenic Research Foundation. ISBN 9789607094018.

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