Triumvirate and Principate Julius’’islikelynottohavebeenuseduntilafterthevoteofdivinehonours
in..(Dio,–).WhetherthereferencetoMarcusAntoniusrelates
inanywaytohispresenceinEphesusin..^49 mustremainamatterof
speculation.
. Adecreeofthesenateinresponsetoanembassy,probablyfrom
Panamara,Caria...Sherk,Roman Documents,no..
ThedocumentisformallydatedtoAugustintheconsulshipof L.Marcius
CensorinusandGaiusCalvisius.AllthatemergesisthatalargeGreekem-
bassy, probably, but not necessarily, from Panamara itself, made some re-
questwhichCensorinusputtotheSenate,andwhichwasevidentlyreceived
favourably.
. PartofadecreeoftheSenaterelatingtoPlarasa-Aphrodisias,..
J.M.Reynolds,Aphrodisias and Rome(),no.(henceforward
Aphrodisias).
Thedecreeisdatedtotheconsulshipof,L.MarciusCensorinusandGaius
Calvisius,anditconfirmsgrantsofrightsandprivileges,includingfreedom
andimmunity,tothecity,andtothesanctuary(temenos)ofAphroditethere,
made by Divus Julius, Octavian, and Antonius. Among the provisions are
someforthereceptionoffutureembassiesfromthecitycomingbeforethe
Senate.Compareno..
.EdictoftheTriumvirs...?orsoonafter.Aphrodisias,no..
Thedocumentcontainsthelastpart(aboutthirtyletters)ofeachoftwelve
linesofanedictbytwooftheTriumvirs.Thereisnoformalindicationof
date, but the succeeding lines contain references to a war and its effects,
whichislikelytobetheParthianinvasionof..,althoughitmayrefer
alsotooppressionbyBrutusandCassius.
. LetterofOctaviantoEphesus,promotedbyanembassyfrom
Plarasa-Aphrodisias,..?Aphrodisias,no..
Octavianappearswiththepraenomen‘‘Imperator,’’whichsuggestsayearnot
earlierthan,orpossibly,..,andhisletterisconcernedwithrestora-
tionafterthewarofLabienus,whichsuggestsnotlaterthan.Thesufferings
ofPlarasa-AphrodisiasweredetailedtoOctavian,hesays,byanambassador,
Solon, son of Demetrius, the same man who appears in no. .The most
strikingfeatureoftheletteristhatOctavianwritesthathehasgivenentolai
. Weinstock(n.).