Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
OLBA, cilt.19, ss.313-329, 2011 (AHCI)
Following the institutionalization of sport, the number of cities organizing games increased in the Hellenistic Period. During the period of the Roman Empire, every city - great or small - organized agones (sacred or local games). Although the finance of the games was quite expensive, cities did not avoid the expense. The expense of games was financed by the treasury of the city, by the officials of games (agonothetes), by the rental income derived from lands belonging to cities and temples, etc. During the enactment of rules and the regulation of games, emperors, who encouraged and allowed the establisment of games, did not wish that the treasury of the cities suffered. In this case, necessity appeared in terms of finance. At this point, the wealthy citizens of these cities tried to supply any deficiencies through financial aids. In particular, on the southern coast of Anatolia, local games with prizes in kind and/or in money, so-called "themis", were financed by local benefactors and were named after them.