564. Honours for T. Flavius Frontinus Heraclius
- Description:
- Moulded base of marble (w: 0.73 x h: 1.55 x d: 0.70).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.35 x h: 0.71); the first word is cut above the die.
- Letters:
- Fourth century A.D. capitals: 0.03-0.04.
- Date:
- Fourth century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, East Portico.
- 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:48, L'Année Epigraphique (Revue des Publications épigraphiques relatives à l'Antiquité romaine: annual supplement to Rev. Arch.) 1929:2. 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)
Benignissimo uiro princi-
pali prudentissimo et integirr(imo)
T(ito) Fl(auio) Frontino Heraclio u(iro) p(erfectissimo) au-
5guri sacerd(oti) Lauren(tium) Labinat(i)um
II uiro ob diuersarum uolup-
tatum exhibitiones adque
admirabilem ludorum
editionem amoremque
10incomparabilem in pa-
triam et ciues suos sufra-
gio quietissimi populi
et decreto splendidis-
simi ordinis
11, sufragio: sic
Translation:
(In honour) of Heraclius. To a most benign man, a leading citizen most prudent and upright, Titus Flavius Frontinus Heraclius, excellent man (of equestrian status), augur, priest of the Laurentes of Lavinas, duumvir, on account of his exhibitions of a variety of pleasurable shows, the admirable public games that he organised and his incomparable love for his fatherland and fellow citizens; (erected) by a vote of the most peaceful people and a decree of the most splendid city council.
Commentary:
l. 4. T. Flauius Frontinus Heraclius. PIR (2) F 274(a) ; also in 595, ll. 6-7. For other members of his family see 567, 568.
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