简介:Ifchapters7to10ofTacitus'Annalswereextant,wewouldhaveamorereliableandcriticalaccountofCaligula'sreign,butasitiswecanonlyconsultSuetonius,CassiusDio,JosephusandPhilo.2OfthesewritersonlyPhilowasacontemporaryandhadpersonalacquaintanceofCaligula.Philo'sEmbassytoGainsrelatesthecomingoftworivalembassiestoCaligulafromAlexandria,oneconsistingofJewsandtheotherofGreeks.Philo,beingamemberoftheJewishdelegation,witnessedandsufferedfromtheself-conceitofCaligulaandhishostilitytotheJews.Theaccountasitsurvivesdoesnotpretend...
简介:Intwopreviouspaperspublishedintheprecedingvolumesofthisjournal,differentaspectsoftheuseofforeigncourtsbyGreekcitiesintheHellenisticPeriodhavebeenstudied.InJAC7,anattemptwasmadetosettheroleofforeigncourtsagainstthewiderbackgroundofthedevelopmentofpoliticalinstitutionsandpracticesinthecourseoftheHellenisticperiod.InJAC8theuseofforeignjudgesbySeleucidsubjectcitieswasreconsideredinthelightoftherevisionofanimportantinscriptionfromPriene.Inthisthirdpaper,theevolutionoftheuseofforeigncourtsbyGreekcitiesinthecourseofthethirdcenturywillbeconsideredinformaltermsthroughtheanalysisofanotableseriesofinscriptionsfromtheislandofKalymnaintheDodecannesegroup,locatedoffthesouth-westcoastofAsiaMinor.InhisCorpusofinscriptionsfromKalymna(TC),M.Segrecollected,inadditiontotherecordofaKnidianarbitrationbetweenKalymnaanditsKoanprivatecreditors(TC79),fiveinscr