473. Dedication to Valentinian I and Valens
- Description:
- Moulded marble base (w: 0.75 x h: 1.40 x d: 0.62).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a recessed panel (die, w: 0.48 x h: 0.76) ; uniform with 472 and closely related to 57, 58.
- Letters:
- Fourth century A.D. capitals: 0.04-0.05.
- Date:
- A.D. 364-367 (reign)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, North side.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
- Bartoccini, Africa Italiana (Rivista di Storia e d'Arte a cura del Ministero delle Colonie) 8 vols., Bergamo, 1927-1940 II:49. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
Iustitia pariter ac
pietate caelestibus ad-
que Romanae felicitatis
perpetuis fundatorib(us) d(ominis)
5 n(ostris) Valentiniano et Valen-
ti uictoriosissimis prin-
cipibus ac totius orbis
Aug(ustis) Antonius Dracon-
tius u(ir) c(larissimus) ag(ens) uic(es) praef(ectorum) praeto-
10rio per Africanas prouin-
cias numini et maiestati-
eorum semper dicatissi-
mus
pietate caelestibus ad-
que Romanae felicitatis
perpetuis fundatorib(us) d(ominis)
5 n(ostris) Valentiniano et Valen-
ti uictoriosissimis prin-
cipibus ac totius orbis
Aug(ustis) Antonius Dracon-
tius u(ir) c(larissimus) ag(ens) uic(es) praef(ectorum) praeto-
10rio per Africanas prouin-
cias numini et maiestati-
eorum semper dicatissi-
mus
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Iustitia
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pietate
caelestibus
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que
Romanae
felicitatis
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perpetuis
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fundatorib
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ominis
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n
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ostris
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Valentiniano
et
Valen
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ti
uictoriosissimis
prin
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cipibus
ac
totius
orbis
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Aug
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ustis
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Antonius
Dracon
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tius
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u
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ir
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c
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larissimus
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ag
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ens
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uic
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es
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praef
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ectorum
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praeto
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rio
per
Africanas
prouin
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cias
numini
et
maiestati
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eorum
semper
dicatissi
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mus
5, DD NN.
8, AVGG. 364-367.
Translation:
To (those) equally godlike in justice and piety and perpetual founders of Roman good fortune, our lords Valentinian and Valens, most victorious emperors and Augusti of the whole world; Antonius Dracontius, splendid man (i.e. of senatorial status), deputy for the praetorian prefects throughout the African provinces, always deeply devoted to their divine power and majesty, (set this up).
Commentary:
ll. 8-9. Antonius Dracontius. See 472, n. 3.
Photographs:
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