Archieus
(0038) Text: Ἀρχιεὺς ὁ ἐπὶ Ἀγρίππ- | ου βασιλέος γε- | νόμενος κεντ- | υρίων δεκαοκ- | τὼ ἔτους ἐπὶ | Τραιανοῦ στρατη- | γὸν δέκα.
Translation: Archieus, who was a centurion under King Agrippa eighteen years and was a strategos ten years under Trajan. (Trans. Christopher B. Zeichmann)
Commentary: Archieus is an otherwise unattested name (see Gracey). Like other soldiers, he served in the army of Agrippa II until Batanaea was annexed after the king’s death, whereupon he became a commissioned officer in the Roman army.
Provenience: Batanaea (The Hauran or Jabal al-Druze, Syria) 108 CE
Bibliography: AE 1966.493; IGLS 16.1475; Henri Seyrig, “Antiquités syriennes,” Syria 42 (1965): 31-34; M. H. Gracey, “The Roman Army in Syria, Judaea and Arabia” (D.Phil. thesis, Oxford University, 1981), 244; Maurice Sartre, “Brigands, colons et pouvoirs en Syrie du Sud au Ier siècle de notre ère,” Anabases 13 (2011): 207-245.