Abstract
The following text has been devoted to the problem of incorporation of the Greek colony of Tyras, located not far away from the mouth of the river Tyras (Dniester) into the Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea), to the Roman Empire. Some scholars – among them Theodor Mommsen – were convinced that it happened in the middle of the 1. century AD or little later. There are, however, some historians who think that Tyras remained independent until its end in the late antiquity. Upon the analysis of the extant epigraphic sources, the author of the following article puts a hypothesis that Tyras was actually incorporated to the Roman province by the end of the 2. century AD. In his opinion it was the emperor Septimius Severus (ruled 193-211) who decided to enlarge the territory of the Empire in this part of the ancient oikumene. The incorporation of Tyras into the Roman Empire can bee seen as a part of the policy of the propagatio Imperii (the enlargement of the Empire) which was consistently carried out by Septimius Severus from the very beginning of his reign.
Highlights
Chr., muss es zu einem für die Geschichte von Tyras außergewöhnlichen Ereignis gekommen sein, das zugleich dazu führte, dass in der Stadt eine neue Zeitrechnung eingeführt wurde, die durch spätere Inschriften bezeugt ist[7]
The following text has been devoted to the problem of incorporation of the Greek colony of Tyras, located not far away from the mouth of the river Tyras (Dniester) into the Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea), to the Roman Empire
Some scholars – among them Theodor Mommsen – were convinced that it happened in the middle of the 1. century AD or little later
Summary
Chr., muss es zu einem für die Geschichte von Tyras außergewöhnlichen Ereignis gekommen sein, das zugleich dazu führte, dass in der Stadt eine neue Zeitrechnung eingeführt wurde, die durch spätere Inschriften bezeugt ist[7]. Dass wir hier zwei relevante epigraphische Zeugnisse anführen sollten, die aus dem niedermösischen Oescus (heute Gigen in Bulgarien) stammen und höchstwahrscheinlich in die Regierungszeit des Kaisers Elagabal zu datieren sind (der eventuell in die Zeit von Severus Alexander)[28], sowie eine Inschrift aus der Gegend von Bilhorod-Dnistrowskyj aus dem Jahre 21729, die ein neues Licht auf das uns interessierende Problem werfen können.
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