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This paper presents the honorary inscription by the inhabitants of Stadia and khora for Tiberius Claudius Euaratos, the son of Tiberius Claudius Politas. The inscription, dated to the 2nd half of the 1st century AD, provides some important details of the career of Tiberius Claudius Euaratos. The inscription mentions his service as a runner in a ritual at Karneia (karneadromos) the festival held for Apollon Karneios, his holding the office of damiourgia and his carrying out an embassy to Rome as a gift. The inscription also mentions the religious offices held by the honorand; priesthood of both Poseidon Tainarios and Poseidon Asphalios for life. The toponym Stadia, which is probably preserved in modern Datça, appears for the first time in inscriptions but is known from Pliny the Elder. The cults of Potidan (Poseidon) Tainarios and Potidan (Poseidon) Asphalios are also attested for the first time in inscriptions from Knidos. Tainarios is an epithet of Poseidon indigenous to Tainaron (Lakonia), where the god has a temple. Asphalios is an epithet of Poseidon widely referenced in inscriptions from many cities around the Mediterranean, including Sparta, where the god has a temple near the agora. Thus the inscription reflects the Doric character of Knidos in the 1st century AD, by mentioning Karneia and particularly by mentioning Potidan, the Doric form of Poseidon with the epithets Tainarios and Asphaleios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Acacius's significance relates to the controversies between Arianism and monolithic church doctrine, and as a consequence, the ideas that developed during the 4th century that caused turmoil in the Eastern Church. After the condemnation of Arius's doctrine as heretical at the Nicaean Council in A.D. 325, orthodox opponents regarded many bishops as heretics; some were expelled, while others, called Homoians, formed the base of the episcopate. Acacius, was appointed as episcopus by Acacius Caesariensis in 360 (?), presumably up to 379 (?), after Silvanus of the Ecclesia Tarsensis Metropolis of Dioecesis Antiochena (Le Quien, 869 sqq.). He was cited and studied by Basilius, Epiphanius, Sozomenus, and Theodoretus, who were interested in the Churches' dealings with heretics. This paper analyzes the acts that played determinative roles in this interaction and focuses on the religious viewpoints that this aroused as well as the social and economic problems that the late Roman Empire faced in managing the Cilician territory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the findings of an initial architectural survey at the site of Lamos in western Rough Cilicia, undertaken as part of the Rough Cilicia Survey Project (RCSP). The results include the first measured plan of the city, incorporating both buildings and topography. The city is divided into four main areas, each area centered around a small knoll or hillock. From east to west these include an agora, colonnaded street, cemetery, and acropolis. The architectural survey has documented several new structures, while the identity of others has been corrected from that of previous scholars. The majority of the architectural remains appear to date from the 2nd through 3rd centuries A.D., the period of the city's greatest prosperity. Analysis of the architecture of Lamos within the context of world systems theory reveals a complex interaction between core and periphery. In this regard the finds at Lamos support the conclusions that RCSP has reached for the entire region: indigenous cultures were active in negotiating a complex relationship with the offshore power of Rome, managing to preserve both native traditions and social power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]