Event: Publius Aelius Aristomachos from Magnesia on the Meander (Ionia)

Event ID 1274
Person Publius Aelius Aristomachos son of ___ from Magnesia on the Meander in Ionia
Festival Olympia in Olympia (Elis)
Discipline combat sports: pankration
Age Category paides
Date 117 - 117
Achievement V
Comment: I.Magnesia 180 gives the 224th Olympiad for this victory; I.Magnesia 181 poetically describes it by wreath and location, mentioning 'Peisa', viz. Pisa in Elis. In general for dating I follow Farrington (2012), 144 note 467, which reproduces two possible career reconstructions from the two inscriptions as given in IAG 204 - Moretti assumes a chronological order for Aristomachos' victories, which is reasonable since I.Magnesia 180 gives some indication of dating (Olympiads a.o.) and I.Magnesia 181 extensively uses adverbs and particles to describe the order in which his victories appear. The dating of Aristomachos' Actian and Nemaean victories are somewhat unclear, but generally his victories fall between the short time limit given. - PK