Fragmentary honours for Flavius Victor Calpurnius
created: Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins, Tantillo)
source date: 340-350 CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...]ni[...] [...] [...] [...]om[...]m[...] [...] honestissim [...] [...] cognoscendi [...] [...] perpenso qu[...] [...]meato [...] ob [...] [...] qui rem publicam exquisitis [...] isionum generibus fecerit ampliorem instauratori moenium publicorum quod eius innumera circa se ac suos officia supra genitalis ciuis affectum Lepcis Magna inclita fide deuotione praestans multifariam senserit meritorum eius tenacissime memor per ordinis sui et populi uiros Flauio Uictori Calpurnio uiro perfectissimo praesidi prouinciae Tripolitanae patrono suo statuam decreuit et ob indiuiduum mutui amoris affectum eamdem se propter constituit ac dedicauit

[...] [line 2] most honorable [...] of getting to know [...] ? with [something now lost] carefully considered [...] who added grandeur to the city by remarkable types of public show, because of his innumerable public services on behalf of themselves and theirs, going beyond the affection of a native citizen, Lepcis Magna, outstanding in its good faith and devotion, in most enduring remembrance of his deserts, through the members of its city council and the people, decreed a statue to Flavius Victor Calpurnius, excellent man [of equestrian status], governor of the province of Tripolitania, its patron, and, on account of the indivisible affection of the feeling they all share, set it up and dedicated it.

. . . onestissimo (?) . . . nel giudicare . . . ponderato . . . per . . . che rese la repubblica più grande con preziose disposizioni (?) di ogni sorta, restauratore degli edifici pubblici; poiché Leptis Magna, eccellente nella sua nobile lealtà e nella sua devozione, ha fatto esperienza in vari modi dei suoi innumerevoli uffici, nei propri confronti e in quelli dei suoi, resi con affetto superiore a quello di un cittadino originario, (e) sempre memoredei suoi meriti, attraverso gli uomini del suo ordine e del popolo, decretò una statua al suo patrono Flavius Victor Calpurnius, uomo perfettissimo, governatore della Prouincia di Tripolitania e, per lo speciale affetto del vicendevole amore, la eresse e la dedicò presso di sé

...most honest ......of judging ...carefully considered who ... made the republic (rem publicam) greater by noteworthy ... renewer of public buildings. Because Lepcis Magna, outstanding in its celebrated loyalty and devotion, experienced on many occasions his innumerable services concerning themselves and theirs, going beyond a native citizen’s affection, and tenaciously mindful of his merits, through the men of its council and people (ordo et populus) decreed a statue for Fl(avius) Victor Calpurnius, a man of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Tripolitania, its patron, and set it up and dedicated it on account of the indivisible good-will of mutual love between him and it.

Fl. Victor Calpurnius: PLRE I, Calpurnius 2