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Neocoria for Nicaea during the Reign of Trajan

Traianus Dönemi’nde Nikaia’nın Neokorluğu

Christina Erika Sponsel-schaffner(Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Boris Dreyer(Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)0000-0003-4473-0534
Aygün Ekin Meriç(DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-1343-847X
Journal
Gephyra
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Publication Date
2024-05-17
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Interestingly, the erasure of individual letters was carried out in 192 AD.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This article presents an inscription found in 2023 in the theatre of Nicaea on a gallery keystone with partially preserved remnants of the painting of the letters, naming a hitherto unknown governor of the province of Bithynia and Pontus - Marcus Iulius Alpinus Classicianus - and proving the status of Nicaea as a neocoria for the reign of Emperor Trajan.
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Key Findings & Data:This article presents an inscription found in 2023 in the theatre of Nicaea on a gallery keystone with partially preserved remnants of the painting of the letters, naming a hitherto unknown governor of the province of Bithynia and Pontus - Marcus Iulius Alpinus Classicianus - and proving the status of Nicaea as a neocoria for the reign of Emperor Trajan.
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Conclusion & Impact:Interestingly, the erasure of individual letters was carried out in 192 AD.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:2023 Verileri
⚙️Variables:Marcus Iulius Alpinus Classicianus · neocoria · Trajan

Abstract

This article presents an inscription found in 2023 in the theatre of Nicaea on a gallery keystone with partially preserved remnants of the painting of the letters, naming a hitherto unknown governor of the province of Bithynia and Pontus - Marcus Iulius Alpinus Classicianus - and proving the status of Nicaea as a neocoria for the reign of Emperor Trajan. Interestingly, the erasure of individual letters was carried out in 192 AD.

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Bu makale, 2023 yılında Nikaia tiyatrosunda bir galeri kilit taşı üzerinde bulunan ve harflerin boyanmasına dair kalıntıların kısmen korunduğu, Bithynia ve Pontus eyaletinin şimdiye kadar bilinmeyen bir valisinin - Marcus Iulius Alpinus Classicianus – adının geçtiği ve Nikaia’nın İm-parator Traianus Dönemi’nde neokor statüsünde olduğunu kanıtlayan bir yazıtı sunmaktadır. İlginç bir şekilde, MS 192 yılında bazı harflerin tek tek silinmesi işlemi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Yazıtın çevirisi şöyledir: İmparator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, kutsal senato ve Roma halkı için, proconsul M(arcus) Iulius Alpinus Classicianus’un (valiliği sırasında). Nikaia, Neokor ve metropolis, Bithynia ve Pontos’un en önde gelen (kenti).

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Sponsel-schaffner, C. E., Dreyer, B., Meriç, A. E. (2024). Neocoria for Nicaea during the Reign of Trajan. Gephyra, Volume: 27. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1423873

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