Macedoniarch ( el, μακεδονιάρχης) was a Roman-era title for the president of the

Koinon of Macedonians The League of the Macedonians ( el, Κοινὸν τῶν Μακεδόνων, ''Koinòn tōn Makedónōn'') was a confederationally-organized commonwealth institution (i.e., an ancient Greek regional state or '' koinon'') consisting of all Maced ...

. The title was only given to 11 people.

Office

The Macedoniarch was the president of the

, and sometimes but not always the chief priest of the imperial cult of the

Roman Macedonia Macedonia ( grc-gre, Μακεδονία) was a province of the Roman Empire, encompassing the territory of the former Antigonid Kingdom of Macedonia, which had been conquered by Rome in 168 BC at the conclusion of the Third Macedonian War. The pr ...

. The office was also considered an important official of the Synhedrion, a provincial council consisted of municipal aristocracy, Roman citizens, and - in some cases - slaves and freedmen. The Macedoniarch also headed an influential club called the society of Sarapiasts starting from the reign of the

Severan dynasty The Severan dynasty was a Ancient Rome, Roman imperial dynasty that ruled the Roman Empire between 193 and 235, during the Roman imperial period (chronology), Roman imperial period. The dynasty was founded by the emperor Septimius Severus (), w ...

History

The earliest record of a Macedoniarch to come from Thessalonike is from 219 AD. The title was only held by 11 people, six of which are believed to be of Roman descent, based upon them having a

cognomen A ''cognomen'' (; plural ''cognomina''; from ''con-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became here ...

. An account, however, cited that epigraphic evidences recorded two Macedoniarchs during the first century AD and 23 the following century.

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