Honours for Flavius Petasius
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source date: Fourth century CE
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Petasii Eximiae integritatis et inconparabilis prudentiae ac totius bonitatis uiro Flauio Petasio uiro perfectissimo ex praesidibus prouinciae Tripolitanae ordo splendidissimae ciuitatis Lepcimagnensis decreto suo et populi sufragiis memor meritorum in se ab eius praesentia conlatorum statuam in foro nouo Seueriano ad perpetuitatis memoriam patrono dignissimo posuit

In honour of Petasius. To a man of outstanding integrity, incomparable prudence and total goodness, Flavius Petasius, excellent man [of equestrian status], former governor of the province of Tripolitania; the city council of the most splendid city of Lepcis Magna, in accordance with its own decree and the votes of the people, having in mind the benefits they enjoyed from his presence, set up a statue to a most worthy patron in the new forum Severianum with a view to their enduring memory.

Petasius! Uomo di straordinaria integrità, di impareggiabile assennatezza e di completa bontà, a Flavius Petasius, uomo perfettissimo, ex governatore della Prouincia di Tripolitania, l’ordine della splendidissima città di Leptis Magna, con suo decreto e per suffragio del popolo, memore dei benefici apportatigli dalla sua eccellenza, pose una statua nel nuovo Foro Severiano, a memoria eterna, al patrono quanto mai degno.

(Statue of) Petasius. To a man of outstanding integrity and incomparable prudence as well as of every goodness, Flavius Petasius, of perfectissimus rank, former governor (ex praeside) of the province of Tripolitania. The council (ordo) of the most splendid city of Lepcis Magna, by its own decree and by acclamation of the people, mindful of the merits conferred upon them by his excellence, set up a statue in the new Severan forum, for the memory of eternity, to a most worthy patron.

PLRE I, Petasius