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Lysimachos and Gazaios of Oloosson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

N. V. Sekunda
N. V. Sekunda
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Torun
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Abstract

An aristocratic individual called Lysimachos son of Gazaios is recorded in inscriptions from the city of Oloosson in Perrhaiban Thessaly dating to the 20s BC. The personal name Gazaios, derived from the ethnic of the Palestinian city of Gaza, is extremely rare and cannot be explained in any conventional way. The author suggests that this individual's grandfather or greatgrandfather may have served as a mercenary officer in Gaza between 102 and 96 BC, when one Lysimachos of Gaza seized power with the aid of mercenaries. He may have subsequently named his sons after Lysimachos and the city of Gaza.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 93 , November 1998 , pp. 449 - 452
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1998

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