924. Milestone. Mile I. Maximinus.

Description:
Milestone. Mile I´. Column of limestone (h: 2.14 x diam.: 0.46), broken in two pieces. Not seen. 
Text:
Inscribed on the shaft. 
Letters:
Not recorded. 
Date:
A.D. 237. (titulature) 
Findspot:
Coast Road: Oea-Lepcis Magna: Homs, close to the West bank of Wadi Zennad and near the sea 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Correr Museum, Venice. 
Bibliography:
Aurigemma,, Rivista della Tripolitania (Rivista a cura dell'Ufficio di Colonizzazione del Governo della Tripolitania), 2 vols., Roma, 1924-5; a third vol., under the title Libya, published for the Ministero delle Colonie, was issued in 1927, II:15 if.; R. G. Goodchild, The Roman Roads and Milestones of Tripolitania (Discoveries and Researches in 1947). Published by the Department of Antiquities, British Military Administration Tripolitania, 1948 (being vol. I of Reports and Monographs), 10, no. 4; R. Cagnat et A. Merlin, Inscriptions latines d'Afrique (Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Maroc), Paris, 1923, 650. 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:
Previous publications and transcription, by Goodchild. 
Imp(erator) Caes(ar) C(aius) Iulius Verus
Maximinus Piu(s) Felix
Aug(ustus) Germanicus ma-
ximus Sarmaticus ma-
5ximus Dacicus maximus
tribuniciae potestatis ter(tium)
imp(erator) V ponti(fex) maximus
et C(aius) Iulius Verus Maximus
nobilissimus Caes(ar) prin
10ceps iuuentutis Germani
cus maximus Sarmaticus
maximus Dacicus maxi-
mus pontes uetu<s>tate
delapsos et iter longa in-
15iuria corruptum restitu-
erun<t> sua infaticabili
prouidentia peruium
commeantibus
reddiderunt
20(milia passuum) I
IMPCAESCIVLIVSVERVS
MAXIMINVSPIVFELIX
AVGGERMANICVSMA
XIMVSSARMATICVSMA
5XIMVSDACICVSMAXIMVS
TRIBVNICIAEPOTESTATISTER
IMPVPONTIMAXIMVS
ETCIVLIVSVERVSMAXIMVS
NOBILISSIMVSCAESPRIN
10CEPSIVVENTVTISGERMANI
CVSMAXIMVSSARMATICVS
MAXIMVSDACICVSMAXI
MVSPONTESVETV<S>TATE
DELAPSOSETITERLONGAIN
15IVRIACORRVPTVMRESTITV
ERVN<T>SVAINFATICABILI
PROVIDENTIAPERVIVM
COMMEANTIBVS
REDDIDERVNT
20I
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Imp
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<ex>
erator
</ex>
</expan>
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<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ar
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
aius
</ex>
</expan>
Iulius
Verus
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Maximinus
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<abbr>
Piu
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<ex>
s
</ex>
</expan>
Felix
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<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
ustus
</ex>
</expan>
Germanicus
ma
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
ximus
Sarmaticus
ma
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
ximus
Dacicus
maximus
<lb n="6" />
tribuniciae
potestatis
<expan>
<abbr>
ter
</abbr>
<ex>
tium
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
erator
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="5" >
V
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
ponti
</abbr>
<ex>
fex
</ex>
</expan>
maximus
<lb n="8" />
et
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
aius
</ex>
</expan>
Iulius
Verus
Maximus
<lb n="9" />
nobilissimus
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ar
</ex>
</expan>
prin
<lb n="10" />
ceps
iuuentutis
Germani
<lb n="11" />
cus
maximus
Sarmaticus
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maximus
Dacicus
maxi
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mus
pontes
uetu
<supplied reason="omitted" >
s
</supplied>
tate
<lb n="14" />
delapsos
et
iter
longa
in
<lb n="15" type="worddiv" />
iuria
corruptum
restitu
<lb n="16" type="worddiv" />
erun
<supplied reason="omitted" >
t
</supplied>
sua
infaticabili
<lb n="17" />
prouidentia
peruium
<lb n="18" />
commeantibus
<lb n="19" />
reddiderunt
<lb n="20" />
<expan>
<ex>
milia passuum
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="1" >
I
</num>
</ab>

Translation:

Emperor Caesar Caius Julius Verus Maximinus, Pius, Felix, Augustus, greatest victor in Germany, greatest victor in Sarmatia, greatest victor in Dacia, holding tribunician power for the third time, acclaimed victor five times, chief priest, and Caius Julius Verus Maximus, most noble Caesar, chief of the Youth, greatest victor in Germany, greatest victor in Sarmatia, greatest victor in Dacia, restored the bridges, which had collapsed because of their age, and the road which was disrupted by long-standing damage, and rebuilt a way along it for travellers, by their untiring providence. Milestone I.

Commentary:

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Photographs:
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