Macedoniarch () 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
The Roman imperial cult () identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority ('' auctoritas'') of the Roman State. Its framework was based on Roman and Greek precedents, and was formulated during the ...
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
The Severan dynasty, sometimes called the Septimian dynasty, ruled the Roman Empire between 193 and 235.
It was founded by the emperor Septimius Severus () and Julia Domna, his wife, when Septimius emerged victorious from civil war of 193 - 197, ...
.
History
The earliest record of a Macedoniarch to come from
Thessalonica
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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
A ''cognomen'' (; : ''cognomina''; from ''co-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditar ...
. An account, however, cited that epigraphic evidences recorded two Macedoniarchs during the first century AD and 23 the following century.
See also
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Politarch
References
Citations
Books
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Further reading
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The Journal of Roman Studies
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The Society is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom for those intereste ...
Page 43-44High Priests and Macedoniarchs from Beroea
in jstor.org
*A companion to the Roman Empire by David Stone Potter Page 232
Ancient Greek titles
Government of Roman Macedonia
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