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Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum: 650


ELIS AND ECHINOS DEDICATE STATUES OF CN. OCTAVIUS

Greek text:   IvO_934 , SEG_25.642
Date:     168 B.C.
Format:   see key to translations

Cn.Octavius was commander of the Roman fleet operating around Greece in 169/8 B.C.; see for instance Liv_44.21.   For some comments on inscription B, which was discovered after the publication of Sylloge³, see L.Bliquez, "Gnaeus Octavius and the Echinaioi" ( PDF ).


[A]   [The city of Elis] dedicated to Zeus this statue of Gnaeus Octavius, [the general] of the Romans, on account of his virtue [and goodwill towards] the city.

[B]   [The] city of Echinos honours Gnaeus Octavius son of Gnaeus, the commander of the Roman fleet, on account of his virtue and goodwill towards the city.

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