Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.43.1

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Passage 8.43.1: Pallantium's elevation to city status by Emperor Antoninus the Elder.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἀπαιτεῖ δὲ ἡμᾶς τὸ μετὰ τοῦτο ὁ λόγος τό τε Παλλάντιον, εἰ δή τι αὐτόθι ἐστὶν ἐς μνήμην, καὶ καθʼ ἥντινα βασιλεὺς αἰτίαν Ἀντωνῖνος ὁ πρότερος πόλιν τε ἀντὶ κώμης ἐποίησε Παλλάντιον καί σφισιν ἐλευθερίαν καὶ ἀτέλειαν ἔδωκεν εἶναι φόρων.

English Translation

Next our narrative requires us to speak about Pallantium, telling whatever memorial is preserved there, and the particular reason for which the emperor Antoninus the elder elevated Pallantium from a village to the rank of a city, and granted its inhabitants freedom and exemption from taxation.

Proper Nouns

Antoninus (Ἀντωνῖνος) person
Pallantion (Παλλάντιον) place Q11939941
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