La place de Titus Flavius Gaianus dans la cité d’Ancyre en Galatie pendant l’époque sévérienne : carrière politique et reconnaissance civique

Abstract

With the decline of the Hellenistic kingdoms from the 2nd century BC, the Greek cities of Asia Minor became increasingly dependent on their wealthy citizens, known as notables, to take on the most onerous public duties. This situation was exacerbated during the Roman imperial era, when the notables, thanks to their generosity and notoriety, not only assumed most of the public functions, but were also very often sent on embassies to plead for the granting of a few exceptional privileges on behalf of their cities with the imperial authorities, with whom they sometimes formed a privileged relationship. Titus Flavius Gaianus, a Roman knight and member of the aristocracy of the city of Ancyra in Galatia, fell into this category of notables who were honoured by the deliberative bodies of their respective cities in clear recognition of their socio-political careers and their benefactions.