Paul and Caristanius at Pisidian Antioch 225 various buildings during the Julio-Claudian period, including build- ings dedicated during the principate of Augustus as well as a temple dedicated during the reign of Gaius (11). Iuvenales, it should be added, was the name of the games given a few years later by Nero, probably in commemoration of the first shaving of his beard (12). 3. The third benefaction was sacrifices (hostias); note that the word is plural. Caristanius would have followed custom and tradition in choosing the animals to be sacrificed to the deity to whom the vow had been made (13). 4. Caristanius also provided venatio, an event involving wild animals. Several high priests of the imperial cult at Ankara had provided a beast hunt (kunhvgion) at an earlier date (14), and one had provided a fight with wild beasts (qhromaciva) (15); both of these Greek terms can be translated as venatio (16). Caristanius unfortunately failed to offer any specifics about the venatio that he provided. The final section of the inscription identifies Caristanius as C. Caristanius Fronto Caisianus Iullus and claims that he was duumvir for the third time, pontifex, and an officer (retired?) in the Roman army (17). Caristanius thus fulfilled his vow on behalf of Claudius’ safety and victory by erecting a huge statue and providing games, sacrifices and venatio. Since his inscription identifies Claudius as the holder of tribunician power for the fifth time, a power which he held from January 25, 45 to January 24, 46, it is likely that these benefactions were provided sometime during the year 45 or the year 46. (11) CHRISTOL – DREW-BEAR – TASLIALAN, “L’empereur”, 18. (12) Suetonius, Nero, 11:1. (13) For the possible identification of these animals, see CHRISTOL – DREW- BEAR – TASLIALAN, “L’empereur”, 18. (14) See M. SCHEDE, “Die Inschriften des Tempels”, Der Tempel in Ankara (ed. D. KRENCKER – M. SCHEDE) (Denkmäler antiker Architektur 3; Berlin – Leipzig 1936) 52-53. When citing this inscription, we will follow the text printed by Schede, “Inschriften”, 52-54. Although R.K. SHERK, “Roman Galatia. The Governors from 25 B.C. to A.D. 114”, ANRW II, 7, 2 (1980) 972-975 has provided a more recent edition of portions of this inscription, he has not printed the whole inscription. (15) See SCHEDE, “Inschriften”, 53. (16) LSJ, 800, 1010. Like the games involving youth, venatio was one of the events associated with the dedications of various buildings during the Julio- Claudian period. See CHRISTOL – DREW-BEAR – TASLIALAN, “L’empereur”, 18-19. (17) Lines 14-22 of the inscription.