Fragmentary honours for a vicar
created: Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins, Tantillo)
source date: 364-367 CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...] clarissimo uiro agenti uices praefectorum praetorio per Africanas prouincias Lepcimagnensis ordo et populus ut incomparabilium beneficiorum eius memoria etiam ad posteros mitteretur praeter kospitalem tesseram etiam statuam marmoream constituendam esse duxerunt ut seruati moderatione iudiciorum eique ac multis tempestatibus [...] tori[...]

To[...]of senatorial status, deputy for the praetorian prefects in the African provinces; the city council of Lepcis Magna and the people, in order that the memory of his unexampled benefactions should be transmitted also to our descendants, decided that, in addition to giving him a token of guest-friendship, a marble statue should also be set up so that, having been saved by the moderation of his judgments, and being in debt to him and in many troubles [...]

A . . . uomo chiarissimo, facente le veci dei prefetti al pretorio nelle province africane, l’ordine di Leptis Magna e il popolo, affinché la memoria dei suoi incomparabili benefici fosse tramandata anche ai posteri, oltre alla tessera d’ospitalità decisero che si dovesse erigere anche una statua marmorea, perché salvati dalla moderazione dei suoi giudizi, e in molte circostanze . . .

To . . . , of clarissimus rank, acting in the place of the praetorian prefects for the African provinces; the council and the people (ordo et populus) of Lepcis Magna, in order that the memory of his incomparable benefactions be passed down also to future generations, believed that in addition to the tesserae of hospitality also a marble statue had to be set up; they were saved by the moderation of his judgements and on many occasions . . . .

Almost certainly to be identified with Antonius Dracontius, PLRE I, Dracontius 3 (Tantillo, loc. cit.)