IGII2 5916 Funerary trapeza of Gaius Julius Flamma Aristoboulos of Gargettos

Funerary trapeza of Gaius Julius Flamma Aristoboulos of Gargettos

IG II² 5916 Date: 1st century AD

Gaius Julius Flamma son of Gaius also called Aristoboulos of Gargettos.^[1]

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IG II² 5916 (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Armaan Uppal

Images: Wikimedia Commons - (1)

Monument type: Table

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Dipylou Street, northeast of the Kerameikos (Athens Ephoria ΚΤΛ)

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[1] This is a trapeza (or mensa), a large rectangular table-like monument found at Athens from the 4^th cent. BC onwards. It commemorates Gaius Julius Flamma, a Roman citizen with the fully fledged Latin tria nomina, as well as an alias by which he was known, the Greek name Aristoboulos. This kind of multiple naming was a common practice among Athenian Romans (for the phenomenon of double names in the Roman period, see AIUK 3 (Fitzwilliam), no. 9 and AIUK 4.5 (BM, Dedications), no. 10). It may indicate that he or his family were Romans that had become citizens of Athens or Athenians who had received Roman citizenship between 30 BC and 41 AD.

This inscription was excavated along with a group of funerary monuments northeast of the Kerameikos site (see IG II² 5889 with notes) and was subsequently moved to the Kolonos Agoraios west of the Agora, where it supports an entirely unrelated statue of a lion (Ag. S 3451 = Agora XXXV 214).

Added: 24 Sep 2026
Updated: 24 Sep 2026
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