Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Vestnik Drevnei Istorii, cilt.85, sa.2, ss.466-479, 2025 (ESCI, Scopus)
This article introduces an honorary inscription in Greek dedicated to Gaius Decimius Classicus, the prophetes of Apollo Smintheus, by the populus Coloniae Augustae Troadensis. The two-line epigram engraved on the front of a large statue base indicates that this is the eleventh honour bestowed on Gaius Decimius Classicus. The inscription on the right side of the base provides further details of the honour. The inscription reveals that Gaius Decimius Classicus served as a prophetes of Apollo Smintheus and was also a benefactor who excelled in many fields for the benefit of his fatherland, Alexandreia Troas/Colonia Augusta Troaden-sis. This inscribed statue base belongs to the honouring process that was held at the sanctuary, as one of the two stages of bestowing the eleventh honour. The other stage was carried out in the city of Alexandreia Troas and involved a series of honours given by each phyle/tribus. This inscription is significant in that it suggests the replacement of the vicus system, which is known from inscriptions to have existed in the colony, by the tribus system sometime in the first four decades of the second century AD, likely during the reign of Hadrian.