L’affichage de la parenté : le cas d’Antiochos Ier de Commagène (v. 70-v. 36)

Abstract

The article examines how Antiochos I, who ascended the throne of Commagene around 70 BC, displays his kinship in the sanctuaries he founded in his kingdom. The sources are epigraphic only, and consist mainly of royal inscriptions. The study begins with an analysis of the royal titulature, which is developed at length in all the inscriptions; in a number of them, the sovereign mentions his maternal papponym, a usage that is not common in Hellenistic monarchies and which one must try to understand. The article then deals with the question of the choice of ancestors to which Antiochos I pays homage in the hierothesia, at Arsameia ad Nymphaeum and Arsameia ad Euphraten on the one hand, and at the Nemrud Dağ, through the “galleries of ancestors” on the other: the shrines of the Arsameias and the Nemrud Dağ bear witness to differences in royal discourse on the past of the dynasty that deserve to be highlighted much more than is generally the case.

Keywords

• Commagene
• Nemrud Dağ
• Antiochos I
• Arsameia ad Nymphaeum
• Arsameia ad Euphraten
• royal genealogy