Fahri Duumviratus: Colonia Caesarea Antiochensis Örneği
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Augustus and his successors promoted the system that embodied the idea that the Roman emperor was closely interested in his citizens. In this way, one of the most important means of showing the emperor’s personal interest in the emperor’s subjects was through those appointed to undertake the office of the highest authorities of the cities under his control. One of the cities where this phenomenon is documented is Pisidian Antioch, through seven examples, which was organized by Augustus in 25 B.C. as a Roman colony, renamed Colonia Caesarea. In the first part of the article, the progress of re-organizing the Seleucid colony of Pisidian
Antioch as a Roman colony is studied, and in the second part, information on civic duties of duumvirs, whose activities ranged from responsibilities concerning the town planning and public works to the administrative, judicial, financial, military and religious functions, is provided on the light of colonial and municipal laws. The third part studies the seven significant persons presented
as honorary duumvirate by the Roman colony of Antioch, including Augustus and Tiberius, and why they were chosen, and the praefecti who acted for them. The facts given here are explained within the relationship among the members of the Julio-Claudian house and of the problems that occurred in the eastern borders and at the same time as the foundation of the colony.