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1.1.TeSpartan-Aitoliantreaty
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hisanalysisofthescript.However,becauseoftheformalsimilaritiesbetweenthe
treatywiththeAitoloiandthetwotreatiesfromtheperiodaferthePeloponnesian
War,oneneedstoaskthefollowingquestions:dothesesimilaritiesreflectstabil-
ity(anduniversality)oftheSpartandiplomaticformulas?orperhapsoneshould
consideragreaterchronologicalproximityoftheagreementsand,consequently,
acknowledgethemorerecentdateoftheSpartan-Aitoliantreaty?
Teopposition-ofdisputablevalueinitself-betweenthemediocrelettering
andirregularlayoutoftheSpartaninscriptionandtheCregularity,meticulousex-
ecution,andelegance)ofAthenianinscriptionsoftheclassicalperiod,constituted
forPeekthepointofdepartureforhisdatingofthetext.Buttheearlyoriginofthe
treatywiththeAitoloiwasalsosupposedlyprovedbytheshapesofsomeofthe
letters(especiallyepsilon,piandsigma),whichwerediferentfromthoseobserved
inmorepreciselydatedSpartaninscriptionsfromthetimesofthePeloponnesian
War.
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Infuneraryinscriptionsexecutedinstoneinthisperiodwedonotfind
elongatedverticalhastainepsilon,pihasrightangles,theverticalhastaofphi
protrudesvisiblyfromthecircle,whilesigmaisfour-bar.Tesediferences,ac-
cordingtoPeek,forceustoadoptaconsiderablyearlierdateforthetreatywiththe
PeekagainstCartledgeandKelly(seebelow),whileaddingtothemhisownpoints;ontheother
hand,heproposedaslightlymorerecentdateincomparisontotheoneproposedbyPeek,plac-
ingthedocumentinmid-fifhcentury,seebelow,p.30andn.23.InfluencedbyCozzoli)sargu-
ments,SantiAmantinichangedhisopinionandacceptedthedateoftheSpartan-Aitoliantreaty
CattornoallametàoentroilterzoquartodelVsec)
.([1997]216,cf.219n.16).Thommen(1996)59
n.28and127,andPikoulas(2000-2003)(nonvidi)acknowledgedasimilardateasCozzoli,
althoughforslightlydiferentreasons.Loomis(1992)60-61,onaccountofthestyleofthescript,
which,inhisopinion,ismuchmorearchaic,placedthetreatyconsiderablyearlierthanthelist
ofcontributionstotheCSpartanwarfund)
,datedbyhimto427BCE:IGV.11+SEG36.357(it
followsfromhisargumentationthathehadnotnoticedthatbetweentheeditionofLSAGand
thearticleof1988LilianJeferychangedheropinionconcerningthedateoftheCSpartanwar
fund);formoreinformationaboutthedateofthisinscriptionseebelow,p.27).Teextremely
earlydate(endofthesixthcentury)oftheSpartan-Aitoliantreatywasproposed,solelyonthe
basisofthescript,byHenrivanEfenterreandFrançoiseRuzé,seeNomimaI55,andaferthem
Richer(1998)543-544n.44.Forfurtherreferencestotheliteratureconcerningthedateofthe
inscriptionseeRhodes(2011)1087-1088.Itisworthnothingthatscholarsseemtoagreethat
theinscriptionwasinscribedimmediatelyafertheconclusionofthetreaty;thustheepigraphic
andhistoricalargumentsareusedonequalterms.
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TisconcernsIGV.1702,1124and1125(LSAGLaconia59,60,and58respectively).Te
procedureadoptedbyPeekseemstoresultfromhisdecisiontolimithisanalysisoftheLakonian
epigraphytoexamplesincludedinthethenrecentlypublishedstudybyLilianJefery(LSAG).
Jefery,however,wasonlyinterestedininscriptionsnolaterthantheendofthefhcentury.
Consequently,PeekhasnotinspectedinmoredetailtheLakonianinscriptionsofthefourth
century,whichcouldhaveinfluencedhisdatingofthetreaty.