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Doctors of the Roman Garrison of Tyras: New Readings of Known Inscriptions
 
PIIS032103910015328-3-1
DOI10.31857/S032103910015328-3
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Askold Ivanchik 
Affiliation:
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Institute of World History, RAS
State Academic University for the Humanities
Institut Ausonius, UMR 5607 CNRS
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameVestnik drevnei istorii
EditionVolume 81 Issue 3
Pages725-736
Abstract

The article revises the readings of two inscriptions of Tyras which arguably contain information about the organization of medical service in the Roman garrison of that city in the second century AD. In the first of these (AE 1995, 1350) the re-examination confirms a mention of the medicus vexillationis, an otherwise unattested term; the inscription itself belongs to the very few testimonies of the existence of the vexillation doctor’s position. It confirms the existence of at least two doctors in the vexillation of Tyras, one of whom was a naval doctor. However, the inscription turns out to be of a different nature than its first editor P.O. Karyshkovsky suggested – it is not an inscription “for the success” of the garrison commander, but a dedication to Asclepius and Hygia on behalf not only of the two doctors, but also two legionaries, presumably privates. The text of the first three lines is restored differently: [D(eo) A]ṣclepio · et · Hygi(ae) | [e.g. T(itus) · Fl(avius) ·] Ṣuccessus · M(arcus) · Ata|[eus? · P]ḷacid[(us) m(ilites)] ḷeg(ionis) · Ī · Ital(icae). In the second inscription (AE 1990, 869) the mention of the unique term valetudinarius, usually interpreted as referring to the personnel of hospital (valetudinarium), is not confirmed. In its place the cog-nomen of one of the dedicators Valens is to be restored and the term itself should be considered to be a “ghost”.

KeywordsNorthern Black Sea region, Tyras, epigraphy, Roman army, ancient medicine
AcknowledgmentRussian Science Foundation, project no. 18-18-00237-П.
Received15.09.2021
Publication date16.09.2021
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