of the Talmud, it is stated:

Ariston brought his first fruits from Apamea and they accepted from him, because they said, one who buys [a field] in Syria is as one who buys [a field] in the outskirts of Jerusalem.

This Ariston, due to his important position enough to bring his offerings to the Temple and be recorded, paired with his clear prominence in the archaeological record, has caused some scholars to connect the two as the same figure. This connection is noted as remarkable by

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