Priests of the Koinon of Galatia

PRIESTS OF THE KOINON OF GALATIA An inscription found in Ankara, in the anta of the temple of Augustus, written across two stones (Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae 533; better text in Ehrenberg and Jones, Documents illustrating the Reigns of Augustus and Tiberius [Oxford 1955] number 109; Bosch, number 51): The Galatians who have been priests of the Deified Augustus and the Goddess Roma: [Under (the Governor) — — — ] . . . . . . TARCONDARIUS KASTOR, the son of King Birgatos. He gave a public feast, he subsidized oil for four months, he presented spectacles and gladiatorial combats fo thirty pairs, and he gave a hunt of bulls and wild beasts. RUFUS. He gave a public dinner, he gave spectacles and a hunt. Under Metillius (ca. 14-17 A.D.) PYLAMENES, the son of King Amyntos. He gave a public dinner twice, he gave slpectacles twice, he presented gymnastic games, and chariot races and horse races, and likewise a bull fight and a hunt; he provided the city with oil; he gave the city a site where the Sebasteion stands and where the Festival Assembly Ground and the Hippodrome are being built. ALBIORIX, the son of Ateporeigos. He gave a public dinner, he erected statues of [Tiberius] Caesar and Julia Augusta. AMYNTAS, the son of Gaizatodiastos. He twice gave a public dinner, he sacrificed a hecatomb, he presented spectacles, he gave a distribution of grain to the amount of 5 modii per person. [ — — ]eias, son of Diognetos. ALBIORIX, son of Ateporeigos, a second time. He gave a public dinner. Under Fronto. METRODOROS, son of Menemachos, by birth a don of Dorylaos. He gave a lpublic dinner, he provided oil for four months. MOUSANOS, son of Artiknos. He gave a public dinner. [ — — ], son of Seleukos. He gave a public dinner, he provided oil for four months. PYLAMENES, son of King Amyntos. He gave a public dinner to the Three (Galatian) Tribes; in behalf of the People of Ancyra he sacrificed a hecatomb; he gave spectacles and a procession, and likewise a bull-fight and a bull-hunt and gladiatorial combats of fifty pairs; he provided oil for the entire year for the Three Tribes; he gave a wild beast hunt. Under Silvanus GALLIOS. He gave a public dinner at Pessinos; he gave a gladiatorial show of twenty-five pairs (at Ancyra) and of ten pairs in Pessinos; he provided oil for the two Tribes for the entire year; he set up a statue in Pessinus. SELEUKOS, son of Philodamos. Public dinners, twice, to the Two Tribes; he provided oil for the Two Tribes for the entire year; he gave spectacles. JULIUS PONTICUS. He gave a public dinner; he sacrificed a hecatomb; he provided olive oil for the entire year. ARISTOKLES, son of Albiorix. He gave a public dinner; he provided oil for the entire year. Under Bassila QUINTUS GALLIUS PULCHER. He twice gave a public dinner; and he sacrificed a hecatomb at Pessinus. He provided oil for the Two Tribes for the entire year. PHILONIDES, son of Philon. He gave a public dinner; he sacrificed a hecatomb; he provided oil for the entire year. { — — — ]la. He gave a public dinner; he sacrificed a hecatomb; he provided oil for the two cities for the entire year; he erected an altar for the sacrifices. PYLAIMENES, son of Mena. he gave a public dinner for the Two Tribes; he sacrificed a hecatomb; he presented a pair of gladiators; he gave a spectacle; he provided oil for the entire year. { — — ]os Aquila. He gave a public dinner for the Two Tribes; [ — — ] he provided oil [ — — ] for the whole year ....