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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1011. Dedication for the Arch of Marcus Aurelius

Description: Marble architrave block w: 8.25 x h: 0.94
Text: Inscribed on the outer face, on two fasciae
Letters: Average: 0.14-0.15, maximum: 0.17-0.18

Date: 10 December 173-9 December 174 CE: GODOT (internal date)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Decumanus Maximus, Arch of Marcus Aurelius; found in 1959
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot (restored)

Interpretive

Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) M(arco) Aurelio Antonino Aug(usto) Arm(eniaco) Med(ico) Par(thico) Ger(manico) p(ontifici) m(aximo) tr(ibunicia) pot(estate) XXVIII Imp(eratori) ( vac. 2) co(n)s(uli) ( vac. 3) p(atri) p(atriae) arcus ex HS CXX m(ilibus) n(ummum) ab Auilio Casto in eum et statuas legatis
( vac. 10) praeter HS ( vac. 5) quae de publico adiecta sunt dedicatus C(aio) Septimio Seuero proco(n)s(ule) L(ucio) Septimio Seuero leg(ato) pr(o) pr(aetore) ( vac. 10)

Diplomatic

IMPCAESMAURELIOANTONINOAUGARMMEDPARGERPMTRPOTXXVIIIIMP    COS      PPARCUSEXHSCXXMNABAUILIOCASTOINEUMETSTATUASLEGATIS
                    PRAETERHS          QUAEDEPUBLICOADIECTASUNTDEDICATUSCSEPTIMIOSEUEROPROCOSLSEPTIMIOSEUEROLEGPRPR                    

French translation

Translation source: Di Vita-Évrard, 1963

À l'Empereur Marc-Aurèle . . . un arc, construit grâce aux 120 mille sexterces légués par Avilius Castus pour ce monument et ses statues, grâce de plus à la somme x qui a été prise en supplément sur les finances publiques, a été dédié sous le proconsulat de Caius Septimius Severus et la légation proprétorienne de Lucius Septimius Severus.

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

For the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, victor in Armenia, victor in Media, victor in Parthia, victor in Germany, chief priest, holding tribunician power for the twenty-eighth time, acclaimed victor ?times (left blank), consul ?times (left blank), father of the country, the arch (scil. built) from 120 thousand sesterces bequeathed for it, and for the statues, by Avilius Castus, and a further ? (left blank) which were added from public resources, was dedicated, when Caius Septimius Severus was proconsul and Lucius Septimius Severus was legate with praetorian powers.

Commentary

C. Septimius Severus:PIR S 0485, https://pir.bbaw.de/id/12213

L. Septimius Severus, the future emperor: PIR S 0487, https://pir.bbaw.de/id/12214

Bibliography: Di Vita-Évrard, 1963 , whence AE 1967.536, EDH 015157

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