Person: Aurelius Phoibammon son of Posidonios from Hermopolis Magna (Egypt)

Person ID: 171
Name: Aurelius Phoibammon
Father's Name: Posidonios
Place of Origin: Hermopolis Magna (Egypt)
Date Range: 210 to 230
Honorary Citizen of:
Rome (Italy)
List of Festivals:
Isthmia in Isthmia (Corinthia)
Nemea in Argos (Argeia)
Olympia in Olympia (Elis)
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis)
List of Events:
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis) on ( 210 to 230 )
Nemea in Argos (Argeia) on ( 210 to 230 )
Isthmia in Isthmia (Corinthia) on ( 210 to 230 )
Olympia in Olympia (Elis) on ( 225 to 225 )
List of Disciplines:
combat sports: pankration
List of Agonistic Titles:
chrysostefes
paradoxos
periodonikes
List of References:
P.Lond. III 1243, l. 3
List of Prosopographies:
Perpillou-Thomas (1995), no. 241
Moretti (1957), no. 919
Farrington (2012), no. 2.62
Strasser (2001), no. 229
Comment: According to Farrington (2012), this athlete was probably active somewhere between c. AD 210-230. Moretti dates his Olympic victory to AD 225 on the basis of PLond III, 1243. Aurelius Phoebammon was a pankratiast who held the title of periodonikes. The specific periodos festivals are not mentioned in the inscription, therefore we assume he was victorious at the traditional four panhellenic festivals. - YP P. Lond 3, 1243, p. 176 = Feste 118 agreement of a loan.