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Brill´s New Pauly is the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly, published by Verlag J.B. Metzler since 1996. The encyclopaedic coverage and high academic standard of the work, the interdisciplinary and contemporary approach and clear and accessible presentation have made the New Pauly the unrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world. The section on Antiquity of Brill´s New Pauly are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Special emphasis is given to the interaction between Greco-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand. The section on the Classical Tradition is uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship. Brill´s New Pauly presents the current state of traditional and new areas of research and brings together specialist knowledge from leading scholars from all over the world. Many entries are elucidated with maps and illustrations and the English edition will include updated bibliographic references.
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Brill´s New Pauly is the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly, published by Verlag J.B. Metzler since 1996. The encyclopaedic coverage and high academic standard of the work, the interdisciplinary and contemporary approach and clear and accessible presentation have made the New Pauly the unrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world. The section on Antiquity of Brill´s New Pauly are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Special emphasis is given to the interaction between Greco-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand. The section on the Classical Tradition is uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship. Brill´s New Pauly presents the current state of traditional and new areas of research and brings together specialist knowledge from leading scholars from all over the world. Many entries are elucidated with maps and illustrations and the English edition will include updated bibliographic references.
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Abstentio
(134 words)
[German version] According to Roman law
sui heredes acquired the inheritance due to them on succession; if a
suus had not yet outwardly shown that he wanted to keep the inheritance, the praetor permitted him to abstain from it (
se abstinere). In this case the
suus was still the
heres, but did not receive the inheritance and was not responsible for the debts of the estate; the next in line received the
bonorum possessio. An
extraneus did not need an
abstentio; as he did not acquire the inheritance until he came into it, he could simply relinquish it, but also declare a disclaimer (
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Abthugni
(82 words)
[German version] (pun.
p[t]bgn?). Town in Africa Byzacena, the modern Henchir es-Souar; for the tradition of the place name [1]. The
fossa regia ran close to A. (CIL VIII Suppl. 4, 23084). Under Hadrian, Abthugni became a
municipium (CIL VIII Suppl. 1, 11206; Suppl. 4, 23085). Further inscriptions: AE 1991, 461 f., no. 1641-1644. Huß, Werner (Bamberg) Bibliography
1 J. Schmidt, s. v. Aptugni, RE 2, 288. AATun 050, sheet 42, no. 52 C. Lepelley, Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, 2, 1981, 265-277.
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Abu Bakr
(81 words)
[German version] (Abū Bakr). First of the four righteous caliphs (AD 632-34), i. e. the first successor of Muhammad. As one of the latter's first followers and close advisor, A. became caliph after his death though not without opposition ( Ali). After subduing the apostasy movement he is credited with the initial consolidation of the young Islamic community and laid the foundation for its rapid initial expansion. Caliph Schönig, Hanne (Halle/Saale) Bibliography W. M. Watt, Abū Bakr, in: EI2 I, 109b-111a.
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Abudius Ruso
(49 words)
[German version] Former aedile and legionary legate under Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus in Upper Germany. A. accused him, because he had designated the son of L. Aelius [II 19] Seianus as his son-in-law, but he was then banned himself (Tac. Ann. 6,30,2). PIR2 A. 17. Kienast, Dietmar (Neu-Esting)
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Aburius
(90 words)
[German version] [1] C., Roman envoy (171 BC) C., envoy to King Masinissa and the Carthaginians 171 BC; his offspring was possibly the mint master C. Aburius Geminus 134 (MRR 1, 418; RRC 276). Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) [German version] [2] Tribunus plebis (187 BC) M., attempted as
tribunus plebis in 187 BC to prevent the triumph of M. Fulvius Nobilior (Liv. 39,4-6);
Praetor inter peregrinos 176 (Liv. 41,14; 15). His offspring was possibly the mint master M. Aburius Geminus 132 (MRR 2,369; 400; RRC 280). Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum)
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Aburnius
(89 words)
[German version] [1] Caedicianus, Q. (2nd cent. AD.) A. Caedicianus, Q.,
legatus Augusti, probably to a legion in Dacia under Trajan (CIL III 1089); became suffect consul together with C. Bruttius Praesens under Hadrian in AD 118 or 119; owner of the
figlinae furianae and
tempesinae between AD 123 and 140 (CIL XV 227-230; 603-605; 607-608). He was mentioned by Marcus Aurelius, εἰς ἑαυτόν 4,50 (FPD, 213 f.; PIR A 21). Eck, Werner (Cologne) [German version] [2] A. Valens, see Fulvius. A. Valens, see Fulvius. Eck, Werner (Cologne)
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Abū Simbel
(252 words)
[German version] A location on the west bank of the Nile valley in Nubia,
c. 250 km south of Aswān, where Ramses II had two temples hewn out of rock cliffs [1]. The great temple in the south is dedicated to the holy triad of Amun, Ptah and Re-Harakhte, and to the Pharaoh himself. Its pylon-shaped stone facade is dominated by four 20-metre statues of the throned Pharaoh. Inside, two halls with massive square pillars and a transverse hall lead to the inner sanctuary; the temple axis is oriented in such a way th…
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Abusina
(146 words)
[German version] Modern Eining. Tab. Peut. 4,3 f. Arusena, the modern river Abens. From AD 79/81 cohort fort (
castellum; 1.8 hectares) at the crossing of the Danube. Reduced size fort from about AD 300; the
vicus of the middle imperial period relocated into the fort: its northern extension perhaps a
horreum from the second half of the 4th cent. AD. In the field named ‘Unterfeld’ remains of an ephemeral camp (
legio III Italica) from about AD 172/179. Horrea; Cohors; Castellum Dietz, Karlheinz (Würzburg) Bibliography A. Faber, Die südgallische Terra Sigilata aus Kastell und …
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Abydenus
(77 words)
[German version] (Ἀβυδηνός;
Abydēnós). Author of a ‘History of the Chaldaeans’ (Euseb. Praep. evang. 9,41,1: περὶ Ἀσσυρίων;
perì Assyríōn) that was used by Eusebius and others (partly available in Armenian only). The (lost) work was primarily based on excerpts from Alexander Polyhistor which in turn can be traced back to Berossus. Nothing is known about his life; his Ionizing dialect places him in the 2nd century AD (FGrH 3 C no. 680). Oelsner, Joachim (Leipzig)
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Abydus
(516 words)
(Ἄβυδος;
Ábydos). [German version] [1] City at the narrowest part of the Dardanelles This item can be found on the following maps: Colonization | Peloponnesian War | Pergamum | Persian Wars | Delian League | Education / Culture Miletus founded A. as a polis in the 1st half of the 7th cent. BC, by permission of the Lydian king Gyges (Str. 13,1,22). It is situated at the narrowest part of the Dardanelles, on the Asian shore, 5 km east of Çanakkale on the promontory of Cape Nagara and already known to Homer (Il.…
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Acacia
(187 words)
[German version] (ἀκακία [
akakía], Dioscorides 1,133; ἄκανθα [
ákantha], Theophr. Hist. pl. 6,1,3). The Egyptian shittah or rubber tree, already mentioned in Hdt. 2,96, belongs to the genus of mimosa plants widespread in the Mediterranean. The sap (
kommì, gum) secreted by the tree was used by the Egyptians for embalming corpses (Hdt. 2,86), but then also in human medical applications (ophthalmology) and was traded at high prices in Roman times (Plin. HN 13,63). The acacia sap was processed into mouth pastilles (Plin. HN 24,109) for…
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Acacius
(589 words)
(Ἀκάκιος;
Akákios). [German version] [1] Rhetorician and poet from Caesarea Rhetorician and poet from Caesarea, contemporary of Libanius, who mentions A. numerous times in his letters, also known through Eunapius (Vitae Sophist. 497, cf. PLRE s. v. Acacius 6-8). After completing his studies in Athens, A. taught in Antioch [1]. He is said to have been superior to Libanius because of his natural talent. A. may have authored Ὠκύπους (Lib. Ep. 1380 W. = 1301 f.), the parody of a tragedy that was passed down …
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Academus
(132 words)
[German version] (Ἀκάδημος). Attic hero, who was venerated in the grove ‘Akademeia’, 1.6 km west of Athenian Dipylon (a cultic building is presumed). Hecademus is probably an older form of the name (a vase inscription reads hεκα[δεμος] Beazley, ABV 27,36). He revealed to Castor and Polydeuces that Theseus was holding their sister Helena, abducted from Sparta, in Aphidna (Plut. Theseus 32,3-5), and founded the gymnasium (Hesych. s. v.
akadḗmia). In gratitude the Spartans spared the academy during their invasions of Attica. The myth competes with another, in whic…
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Academy
(2,433 words)
(Ἀκαδήμεια, Ἀκαδημία;
Akadḗmeia,
Akadēmía). School for philosophers in Athens, founded by Plato and maintained continuously over three (according to others: nine) centuries. Here, our emphasis will be on the Academy as an institution. Dogmatic aspects will be discussed in the entries on individual philosophers and those on Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism. [German version] I. Plato's School Plato began teaching philosophy around 387/6 BC after returning from his trip to Sicily and southern Italy, where he had met with the Pythagoreans associated w…
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Academy
(7,934 words)
I. General (CT) [German version] A. Definition (CT) The word ‘academy’ is not used in a uniform manner. In addition to scholarly academies dedicated to research, the term denotes various scholarly, pedagogical and social establishments. There are medical academies; music, dance and art academies; as well as church-related ones ( A. II. musical). Scholarly (i.e. research) academies, on the other hand, are associations of scholars with the purpose of furthering research and academic communication. Their names have been changed many times over the centuries: they have been known as
soc…
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Acadra
(73 words)
[German version] [1] Coastal area of Indo-China A coastal area of Indo-China mentioned by Ptol. 7,2,6. Excavations in Arikamedu indicate that this region enjoyed trade with Rome during the 1st cent. AD. Brentjes, Burchard (Berlin) [German version] [2] City of southern China City of southern China recorded only by Ptol. 7,3,5, possibly associated with the πόλις Ἀσπίθρα (
pólis Aspíthra) and the Psitharas river mentioned by Plin. HN 6,35. Brentjes, Burchard (Berlin)
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Acamantis
(130 words)
[German version] (Ἀκαμαντίς;
Akamantís). Since the reforms of the phyles by Cleisthenes, fifth of the ten Attic phyles (IG II/III2 1700 ff.); eponymous hero Acamas. In the 4th cent. BC, it comprised five
asty , three
paralia and five
mesogeia demes. In 308/7 BC, three of them changed over to the Macedonian phyles of Antigonis and Demetrias; following their dissolution in 201/200 BC, they rejoined A. Prospalta changed over to the Ptolemais in 224/3 BC, Hagnus to the Attalis in 201/0 BC, Eitea to the Hadr…
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Acamas
(291 words)
[German version] (Ἀκάμας;
Akámas). Son of Theseus, normally closely connected to his brother Demophon. A similar history is assigned to both brothers. Their mother appears in different forms: Phaedra (Diod. Sic. 4,62; Apollod. epit. 1,18), Ariadne (schol. Od. 11,321) or Antiope (Pind. fr. 175). Although they are not found in the Iliad, according to the
Ilioupersis (fr. 6 PEG) they are present in Troy and during the plundering of the city they free their grandmother Aethra from prison. In various sources both brothers are named as lovers of Priam's …
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Acampsis
(77 words)
[German version] (Arr. Per. p. E. 7,4,5),
flumen Acampseon (Plin. HN 4,12), Acampsis, Acapsis (Geogr. Rav.; Ακαψις Suda), Byzantine Boas. River that originates from the northern slopes of the Parchari mountains (Armen. mountain range, Procop. Goth. 4,2; today Ardicin Dagi, north-eastern Turkey) and flows into the south-eastern area of the Black Sea; according to Procopius, forms the western border to Lazica (Coroch in Georgian, Çoruh Nehri in Turkish). The fortress Apsarus lies at its mouth. Plontke-Lüning, Annegret (Jena)
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Acanthis and Acanthus
(88 words)
[German version] (Ἀκανθίς, ‘siskin’ and Ἄκανθος, ‘goldfinch’). Daughter and son of Autonous and Hippodamia, sisters of Erodius (‘Heron’), Anthus (obscure bird-name), Schoineus (likewise). When the mares from the father's horse stud pulled Anthus apart, the family grieved for him, until out of compassion Zeus and Apollo transformed them all into birds: the parents into a bittern and a crested lark, the children into the birds whose names they bore (Anton. Lib. 7). Graf, Fritz (Columbus, OH) Bibliography P.M.C. Forbes Irving, Metamorphosis in Greek myth, 1990, 224 f.
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Acantho
(57 words)
[German version] (Ἀκανθώ). In the catalogues of divine homonyms (Cic. Nat.D. 3,54; Arnob. Adv. nat. 4,14) mother of the fourth Helios, the father of the Rhodian eponyms Ialysus, Cameirus, Lindus. The catalogues are the result of an attempt to unify the various mythical traditions: behind this activity lies local Rhodian epic. Graf, Fritz (Columbus, OH)
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Acanthus
(323 words)
(Ἄκανθος;
Ákanthos). [German version] [1] Colony of Andros This item can be found on the following maps: Colonization | Macedonia, Macedones | Peloponnesian War | Persian Wars | Delian League Colony of Andros on the east coast of the Chalcidice peninsula near the modern Ierissos; in the Persian War (480/79 BC) an important Persian base (Hdt. 7,22; 115 ff.); later a member of the Delian League, seceded in 424 BC (Thuc. 4,84-88) and was also able to hold its own against the Chalcidian Confederacy (Syll.3 1,135). From 349/8 BC Macedonian In the Second Macedonian War, A. was p…
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Acarnan
(125 words)
[German version] (Ἀκαρνάν). Eponym of Acarnania and of the Acarnanians, who were earlier called Curetes (Paus. 8,24,9). Son of the Argive Alcmaeon and Achelous' daughter Callirhoe (Thuc. 2,102; Apollod. 3,92 f.). She gets Zeus to make her sons A. and Amphoterus into adults before the normal time. They were meant to get revenge on their father who was murdered at the instigation of his former father-in-law, Phegeus of Psophis, because of the necklace of Harmonia (Ov. Met. 9,412 ff.). After getting revenge, A. and his brother consecrate the necklace and the
peplos of Harmonia to Delp…
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Acarnanians, Acarnania
(2,460 words)
[German version] (Ἀκαρνᾶνες, Ἀκαρνανία;
Akarnánes,
Akarnanía). Tribe and region in the west of central Greece, between the Ionian Sea, the Ambracian Gulf and the Gulf of Patras; in the 3rd cent. BC, the Achelous [1] marked its eastern border to the Aetolians (in the 4th cent. BC, the A. also settled east of the river: Agrinion, Aeolis). A. is divided by four valleys, running from north to south [17. 368-373]: the easternmost (Stratike or Akarnanikon Pedion) along the Achelous, east of the Lykovitsi…
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Acastus
(139 words)
[German version] (Ἄκαστος). Son of Pelias and Anaxibia (cf. Apollod. 1,95), probably an Argonaut from the beginning (Apollod. 1,112). A. institutes games to commemorate his dead father and expels Jason and Medea from Iolcus (Apollod. 1,144), of which he becomes king (Apollod. 3,164; cf. Diod. 4,53,1; Hyg. Fab. 25,5). Absolves Peleus of the murder which Astydameia, wife of A. (in Pind. this is Hippolyte) is vainly trying to bring about, then slanders him to A.; A. leaves Peleus unarmed in Pelion, w…
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Acca Larentia
(518 words)
[German version] (rarely, Larentina). Elusive figure of myth and cult in Rome; whether she is identical with the Mater Larum (also revered by the Arval priests), is disputed [9. 587-595; 10]. Her aetiological myth has come down in two versions and an extension (synthesis in the Fasti Praenestini, cf. Plut. Romulus 4 f.; qu.R. 35,272 ef; [1]): 1. At the time of Ancus Marcius the aedituus of Hercules plays dice with his god for a meal and a woman; the aedituus loses and brings the prostitute Acca La…
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Accenna
(60 words)
[German version] [M.?] A. Verus. Suffect consul in AD 125 together with P. Lucius Cosconianus [1; 2]. Like the other senatorial Accennae he was from Baetica; cf. [3. 27 ff.]. Eck, Werner (Cologne) Bibliography
1 W. Eck et al., Neue Militärdiplome mit neuen Konsulndaten, in: Chiron 32, 2002, 401-426
2 W. Eck, P. Weiß, Hadrianische Suffektkonsuln: Neue Zeugnisse aus Militärdiplomen, in: ibid., 449-489
3 Caballos, vol. 1.
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Accensi
(147 words)
[German version] Originally, the
accensi (also
accensi velati, ‘clothed (only) with a cloth cloak’) were members of the army who were too poor to equip themselves. They accompanied the legions and, positioned behind the other soldiers, had to replace the dead using their weapons (Fest. 369 M; Liv. 8,8,8; Cic. Rep. 2,40). They were recruited according to their
census income. After the introduction of pay for soldiers (in our record in 406 BC) they no longer appeared in this form. From then on the term
accensi described a small, little respected part of the troops that was recruit…
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Accent
(989 words)
[German version] A. Definition An accent (word accent) is usually understood as the emphasis of a syllable within a word through intensity and (or) intonation, which in turn is often coupled with duration (quantity). Correspondingly, one can distinguish between an intensity accent (dynamic accent) and an intonation accent (musical accent), according to another view rather a syllabic and a moraic accent. Sometimes accent means an accent mark ( Writing). Haebler, Claus (Münster) [German version] B. Greek The accent marks of Greek ( ´ ῀ ` ), invented by Aristophanes [4] …
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Acceptilatio
(340 words)
[German version] is the formal transaction of debt relief in Roman law (see Dig. 46.4). The term is derived from
acceptum ferre = ‘to bear receipt’, ‘to acquit’. The
acceptilatio is above all a contrary act to
stipulatio . A stipulated liability is rescinded by
acceptilatio, similarly to the way it was established, namely by formal address and rejoinder. To the debtor's question
Quod ego tibi promisi, habesne acceptum the creditor answers:
Habeo (Gai. Inst. 3,169; Dig. 46,4,6; Inst. Iust. Epit. 3,29,1). Because the parties to the debt relief contract assume the cre…
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Accessio
(242 words)
[German version] (‘Addition’) means: 1. enlargement (opposite:
decessio, see Dig. 39,3,24,3), 2. accessory (opposite:
res principalis, Dig. 33,8,2), which shares the legal fate of the ‘main thing’, as long as the association lasts (Dig. 6,1,23,5; also 34,2,19,13 for precious stones encased in silver and gold), 3. the possession period of a predecessor, additionally reckoned to the successor for protection of title (
interdictum utrubi) (
accessio temporis or
possessionis, Gai. Inst. 4,151; Dig. 44,3,15,1), though according to sources not for usucaption (cf. Ins…
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Accipere
(244 words)
[German version] with the meaning of ‘receive, obtain’ (cf. Dig. 50,16,71pr.) characterizes several juristically relevant processes: as
accipere hereditatem for instance (Dig. 28,5,77) the actual receipt of a legacy; as
accipere censum the acceptance of a ‘tax declaration’ from the person liable to tax (Dig. 50,4,1,2); as
accipere iudicem in more ancient times the acceptance of a judge appointed by a magistrate, later replaced by the meaning of a judge agreed between the parties. The meaning ‘accept’ refers for instance to
accipere legem the acceptance of a law by the people;
accipere…
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Accis
(177 words)
[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: | Coloniae Town of the Bastetani (Ptol. 2,6,60), on the crossing of the road from Tarraco via Carthago Nova to Castulo and Malaca. The ancient settlement was built along the slopes of the western Guadix (province of Granada). Its Roman name of Colonia Iulia Gemella or Gemellensis (CIL II 3391; 3393 f.) points to its origins as a military colony, founded either by Caesar in 45 BC or later by Augustus. A. was under the jurisdiction of the
conventus Carthaginiensis. Its inhabitants had the
ius Italiae (Plin. HN 3,25); CIL II…
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Accius, L
(1,677 words)
[German version] A. Life Latin poet and scholar in the tradition of the Alexandrines. He was born to freedpersons in the year 170 BC (Jer. Chron. a. ABr. 1878; 139 BC), most likely in Pisaurium, where the house of Accii is verifiable. In Rome he attached himself to D. Iunius Brutus Callaicus (cos. 138 BC; Cic. Brut. 107; Archaeology 27). An educational trip took him to Greece and Asia Minor (Gell. NA 13, 2). Characteristic are his distinctive self-confidence and striving for independence (see Gell. …
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Acclamatio
(339 words)
[German version] Rhythmic acclamations, sometimes spoken in unison, expressing congratulations, praise, applause, joy or the contrary. Besides the initially prevalent, spontaneous
acclamatio, during the course of time a stereotyped
acclamatio, which was always repeated on certain occasions, gained currency. There is an early mention of
acclamatio in Hom. Il. 1,22, and
acclamatio is also known to have marked decisions in Greek popular assemblies [1] and cult gatherings. In Rome, at wedding processions the
acclamatio took the form of
Talasse and
Hymen, Hymenaee io (Catull. 61-6…
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Acco
(48 words)
[German version] Celtic name of uncertain origin [1]. Leader (?) of the Senones, who in 53 BC called for an unsuccessful uprising against the Romans and was thereafter executed (Caes. B Gall. 6,4; 44). Spickermann, Wolfgang (Bochum) Bibliography
1 Evans, 297 f. E. Klebs, s. v. A., RE 1, 151.
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Acculturation
(1,047 words)
Toral-Niehoff, Isabel (Freiburg) [German version] A. History of the concept (CT) The concept of
acculturation originally derives from the conceptual apparatus of American-style Cultural anthropology, and is based on the concept of culture essentially developed by S. Tylor, which, in the course of the 20th cent., gradually replaced the normative-judgmental concept of culture that had been dominant until then. As an alternative to the latter, which classified human societies on a scale between primitive people…
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Accusatio
(201 words)
[German version] according to the Digest title 48,2 is the charge in Roman criminal proceedings. The bearer of the
accusatio is in that case a private person. This person first laid a charge (
delatio nominis ). In the later imperial period in an
extra ordinem judicial criminal prosecution it was often the case that this was the sum total of the private share in the course of procedure. In the republican procedure (
quaestio ), on the other hand, the
delator was always and, even later still regularly, a party after admission of the
accusatio by the court magistrate (
receptio nominis) -- simil…
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Aceratus Grammaticus
(113 words)
[German version] Author of an epitymbion to Hector, who was for Troy ‘a stronger bulwark than the wall erected by the gods’ and at whose death ‘Meonides’ himself felt he had to close the Iliad (Anth. Pal. 7,138). There is no writer or grammarian known by this name but the theme and style of the epigram are suggestive of the ‘Garland’ of Philippus: the obscure epithet ‘Meonides’ was favoured by writers of epigrams in the 1st cent. and it can be no coincidence that the extremely rare adjective θειόδομος -- to describe the Trojan wall -- is elsewhere to be found only in Alpheius, Anth. Pal. 9,104,4. Deg…
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Acerra
(94 words)
[German version] Incense container,
pyxís (πυξίς, κυλιχνίς, λιβανωτίς;
kylichnís, libanōtís). A small box, round on Greek monuments (cf. side panel of the Ludovisi throne [1. fig. 118]) and often rectangular and richly decorated on Roman ones (e.g. on the Ara Pacis), which served to make the incense available during a sacrificial ceremony; it was regarded as part of the ceremony's essential utensils (Suet. Tib. 44; Galba 8; Plin. HN 35,70). Turibulum Hurschmann, Rolf (Hamburg) Bibliography
1 R. Lullies, Gr. Plastik, 1979. F. Fless, Opferdiener und Kultmusiker auf stadtröm.…
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Acerrae
(199 words)
[German version] [1] City on the Clanius in Campania This item can be found on the following maps: Social Wars | Villa | Etrusci, Etruria City of the Sidicini or Samnites on the Clanius in Campania (Str. 5,4,8; 11; Plin. HN 3,63). 332 BC
civitas sine suffragio (Liv. 8, 17, 12; Vell. Pat. 1, 14, 4),
praefectura (fortress destroyed (Liv. 23, 17, 7; 19, 4), rebuilt 211 BC (Liv. 27, 3). Colonia under Augustus (liber coloniarum 229). Few archaeological remains under today's city of Acerra. Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart) Bibliography Nissen 2, 754 [German version] [2] Capital of the Insubres Cap…
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Acerronia
(39 words)
[German version] A. Polla, confidante of Agrippina, who perished during the staged shipwreck in the Gulf of Baiae in AD 59 (Tac. Ann. 14,5 f.; Cass. Dio 61,13,3). Daughter of Acerronius [1] (PIR2 A 34). Eck, Werner (Cologne)
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Acerronius
(78 words)
[German version] [1] Proculus, Cn., cos. ord. AD 37 Proculus, Cn.,
cos. ord. AD 37 (PIR2 A 32), perhaps identical with the jurist Proculus [1]. Father of A. Polla. Eck, Werner (Cologne) [German version] [2] Proculus, Cn., son of no. 1 A. Proculus, Cn., son of no. 1,
procos. Achaiae under Claudius or Nero (IG III2 4181; BCH 1926, 442 no. 79; PIR2 A 33 [2]). Eck, Werner (Cologne) Bibliography
1 Syme, RP 3, 141
2 Thomasson, 1, 196.
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Aceruntia
(85 words)
[German version] Italian settlement (
Acheruntia: Porph. Hor. comm. 3,4,14;
Acerentia: CIL 9, 6193 [
colonia]; 6194; 10,1 482; Ἀχέροντις;
Achérontis: Procop. Goth. 3,23; 26; 4,26) on a summit of the Monte Vulture (833 m) between Lucania and Apulia, sometimes referred to as Lucanian (Porph. loc. cit.), sometimes as Apulian (Ps.-Acro, 3,4,14).;
regio III (Plin. HN 3,73). Cult of Hercules (CIL 9,947). Few surviving remains of the settlement (including graves from the 6th to 4th cents. BC); modern Acerenza. Garozzo, Bruno (Pisa) Bibliography BTCGI 3, 8 f.
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Acesamenus
(40 words)
[German version] (Ἀκεσ(σ)αμενός). King of Pieria, founder and hero of Acesamenae in Macedonia (Steph. Byz. s. v. Ἀκεσαμεναί); father of Periboea, who became mother of Pelegon by the river god Axius (Hom. Il. 21,142). Graf, Fritz (Columbus, OH)
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Acesias
(50 words)
[German version] (Ἀκεσίας;
Akesías). Greek doctor of 3rd cent. BC (?). According to an intentionally ambiguous proverb, he only treated those who suffered the worst (suffering or doctor) (Aristoph. Byz., Zenob. 1,52). It is possible that he also wrote about culinary art (Ath. 12, 516c). Nutton, Vivian (London)
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Acesidas
(59 words)
[German version] (Ἀκεσίδας;
Akesídas). According to Paus. 5,14, A. was considered a hero in Olympia and was elsewhere known under the name Idas. His name offers the assumption that he was worshipped as a healing god, who possibly shared a healing cult, which was very common on the Peloponnese, with Paeonius, Iason and Heracles. Nutton, Vivian (London)
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Acesimbrotus
(57 words)
[German version] (Ἀκεσίμβροτος;
Akesímbrotos, Latin Acesimbrotus). Rhodian nauarch in the second Macedonian War, in 199 BC supported the Romans with 20 ships at the conquest of Oreos (Liv. 31,46,6; 47,2) and represented Rhodian interests 198/7 in the negotiations between Flamininus and Philip V (Pol. 18,1,4; 2,3) [1. 70]. Günther, Linda-Marie (Munich) Bibliography
1 H. H. Schmitt, Rom und Rhodos, 1957.
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