Dedication to Valens
created: Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
source date: CE 364-367
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Iustitia pariter ac pietate caelesti adque Romanae felicitatis perpetuo fundatori domino nostro Ualenti uictoriosissimo ac totius orbis Augusto Antonius Dracontius uir clarissimus agens uicem praefectorum praetorio per Africanas prouincias numini et maiestati eius semper dicatissimus

To one who is in justice and sense of duty alike heavenly, and perpetual founder of Roman good fortune, our lord Valens, most victorious, and Augustus of the whole world; Antonius Dracontius, outstanding man [i.e. member of the Roman Senate], deputy for the praetorian prefects throughout the African provinces, always most devoted to his divine power and majesty.

Dracontius: PLRE I, Dracontius 3.