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Roman-era title for president of the Koinon of Macedonians

Macedoniarch (Greek: μακεδονιάρχης) was a Roman-era title for the president of the Koinon of Macedonians. The title was only given to 11 people.

Office

The Macedoniarch was the president of the Koinon of Macedonians, and sometimes but not always the chief priest of the Roman imperial cult in Roman Macedonia. The office was also considered an important official of the Synhedrion, a provincial council consisted of municipal aristocracy, Roman citizens, and - in some cases - slaves and freedmen. The Macedoniarch also headed an influential club called the society of Sarapiasts starting from the reign of the Severan dynasty.

History

See also: List of Macedoniarchs

The earliest record of a Macedoniarch to come from Thessalonica is from 219 AD. The title was only held by 11 people, six of which are believed to be of Roman descent, based upon them having a cognomen. An account, however, cited that epigraphic evidences recorded two Macedoniarchs during the first century AD and 23 the following century.

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References

Citations

  1. Burrell 2003, p. 192.
  2. Potter 2009, p. 232.
  3. Potter, David S. (2010). A Companion to the Roman Empire. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 232. ISBN 9780631226444.
  4. Nasrallah, Laura; Bakirtzis, Charalambos; Friesen, Steven J. (2010). From Roman to Early Christian Thessalonike: Studies in Religion and Archaeology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 51. ISBN 9780674053229.
  5. Frankfurter, David; Hahn, Johannes; Naerebout, Frits (2014). Power, Politics and the Cults of Isis: Proceedings of the Vth International Conference of Isis Studies, Boulogne-sur-Mer, October 13-15, 2011. Leiden: BRILL. p. 20. ISBN 9789004277182.
  6. Burrell 2003, p. 199.
  7. Tataki 1988, p. 460.
  8. Hinge, George (2014). Classica et Mediaevalia, Volume 65. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 232. ISBN 9788763543958.

Books

  • Burrell, Barbara (2003). Neokoroi: Greek Cities And Roman Emperors. Boston: Brill. ISBN 9789004125780.
  • Potter, David (2009). A Companion to the Roman Empire. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781405199186.
  • Tataki, Argyro B. (1988). Ancient Beroea: Prosopography And Society. Athens: Research Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity, National Hellenic Research Foundation. ISBN 9789607094018.

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