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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1018. Dedication of the Severan Basilica

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Date: 216 CE: GODOT (internal date)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum: Severan Basilica, eastern apse
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

[Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Lucius Se]ptimiu[s Seuerus Pius Pertinax Aug(ustus)]
[Arabicus Adiab]enicu[s] Parthicus maximus [---] []
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[pater p]at[riae] pro[c]o(n)s(ul) CO[---]T Im[p](erator) [C]aes[ar diui] Se[ptimi]
[Seueri Pii Arabici Adi]a[benici P]arth(ici) max(imi) [Britann]ici
5[maximi fil(ius) diui M]arc[i Antonini Pii Germani]ci
[Sarmatici] nepos di[ui Antoni]ni Pii pronep[os diui]
Hadriani abnepos d[iui Trai]ani Parthici et diui
Neruae adnepos
Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Marcus Aurellius (sic) Antoninus Pius Aug(ustus)
10Parthicus max(imus) Britannicus maximus Germanicus
maximus pontifex maximus tribuniciae potestatis
decemnouies Imp(erator) ter co(n)s(ul) quater pater patriae proco(n)s(ul)
perfici curauit

Diplomatic

[...............]PTIMIU[.......................]
[.............]ENICU[.]PARTHICUSMAXIMUS[---]
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[......]AT[....]PRO[.]OSCO[---]TIM[..]AES[......]SE[.....]
[...................]A[.......]ARTHMAX[.......]ICI
5[..............]ARC[...................]CI
[.........]NEPOSDI[........]NIPIIPRONEP[......]
HADRIANIABNEPOSD[.......]ANIPARTHICIETDIUI
NERUAEADNEPOS
IMPCAESMARCUSAURELLIUS(sic)ANTONINUSPIUSAUG
10PARTHICUSMAXBRITANNICUSMAXIMUSGERMANICUS
MAXIMUSPONTIFEXMAXIMUSTRIBUNICIAEPOTESTATIS
DECEMNOUIESIMPTERCOSQUATERPATERPATRIAEPROCOS
PERFICICURAUIT

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

[Emperor Caesar Lucius Se]ptimiu[s Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiab]ene, greatest victor in Parthia, [ . . . ] father of the country, proconsul, began [ . . . ] (scil. this); Emperor Caesar, son of deified Septimius Severus Pius, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, greatest victor in Britannia, grandson of deified Marcus Antoninus, victor in Germany, victor in Sarmatia, great grandson of deified Antoninus Pius, great great grandson of deified Hadrian, great great great grandson of deified Trajan, victor in Parthia and of deified Nerva, Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurellius Antoninus Pius Augustus, greatest victor in Parthia, greatest victor in Britannia, greatest victor in Germany, chief priest, holding tribunician power for the nineteenth time, acclaimed victor three times, consul four times, father of the country, proconsul, arranged for its completion.

Commentary

For the text see 427 and 428

Bibliography: Bartoccini, 1961 120-125, whence AE 1963.144d, EDH 017203

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