PREFERRED TERM
2616Amphodarches (ancient Pergamos)
BROADER CONCEPT
SCOPE NOTE
- An office that appears in ancient Pergamos. Their responsibility was the supervision of neighbourhoods, which involved keeping them clean, preventing anybody from digging ditches, making bricks, or installing uncovered pipes and receiving pledges when fines were not paid. They reported to the Astynomoi to whom they were accountable.
SOURCE
- Arnaoutoglou 1998
- Hansen 1971
CONTRIBUTOR
- Katsiadakis Helen (AA)
CREATOR
- Iakovidou Athena (AA)
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Αμφοδάρχης (αρχαία Πέργαμος)
Greek
URI
https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/2616