Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion
Abstrak
This article presents the text of a neglected inscription from Skepsis in the Troad. Walther Judeich published a drawing of the text in 1898, but did not provide a text. Louis Robert recognised it to be an honorific decree for a phrourarch, but otherwise it has attracted very little interest. It is here proposed that a Seleucid regnal dating formula can be restored in lines 2-3 and a reference to ‘barbarians’, which here must refer to Galatians, can be restored in line 6. The inscription therefore provides evidence of the Galatian War directly affecting Skepsis and belongs to the small dossier of evidence for the impact of the Galatians on north-western Asia Minor c. 277-275. The Antiocheia festival at Skepsis, known from a decree dated c. 200 and thus traditionally thought to have been founded for Antiochus III, may in fact have been established in the aftermath of the Galatian War in honour of Antiochus I.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
Aneurin Ellis-evans
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.37095/gephyra.1684147
- Akses
- Open Access ✓