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) 
Heraclii
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
HERACLII
BENIGNISSIMOVIROPRINCI
PALIPRVDENTISSIMOETINTEGIRR
TFLFRONTINOHERACLIOVPAV
5GVRISACERDLAVRENLABINATVM
IIVIROOBDIVERSARVMVOLVP
TATVMEXHIBITIONESADQVE
ADMIRABILEMLVDORVM
EDITIONEMAMOREMQVE
10INCOMPARABILEMINPA
TRIAMETCIVESSVOSSVFRA
GIOQVIETISSIMIPOPVLI
ETDECRETOSPLENDIDIS
SIMIORDINIS
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Heraclii
<lb n="2" />
Benignissimo
uiro
princi
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
pali
prudentissimo
et
<expan>
<abbr>
integirr
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
T
</abbr>
<ex>
ito
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
auio
</ex>
</expan>
Frontino
Heraclio
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
iro
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
erfectissimo
</ex>
</expan>
au
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
guri
<expan>
<abbr>
sacerd
</abbr>
<ex>
oti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Lauren
</abbr>
<ex>
tium
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Labinat
</abbr>
<ex>
i
</ex>
<abbr>
um
</abbr>
</expan>
<lb n="6" />
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
uiro
ob
diuersarum
uolup
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
tatum
exhibitiones
adque
<lb n="8" />
admirabilem
ludorum
<lb n="9" />
editionem
amorem
que
<lb n="10" />
incomparabilem
in
pa
<lb n="11" type="worddiv" />
triam
et
ciues
suos
sufra
<lb n="12" type="worddiv" />
gio
quietissimi
populi
<lb n="13" />
et
decreto
splendidis
<lb n="14" type="worddiv" />
simi
ordinis
</ab>

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.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 230 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 230 Lastre)

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