Building inscription of the Basilica
created: Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
source date: a: CE 210: GODOT b: CE 216: GODOT
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 109 , whence [...] 1926.157; [...], 231 ff., plates B and C, figs 3, 4; also, probably, [...] 22671 a; [...], 428, whence [...], 428, whence [...] 025522; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Seuerus Pius Pertinax Augustus Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus maximus Brittanicus maximus pontifex maximus tribuniciae potestatis decem et octies imperator duodecies consul ter pater patriae proconsul coepit et ex maiore parte perfecit Imperator Caesar diui Septimi Seueri Pii Arabici Adiabenici Parthici maximi Britannici maximi filius

diui Marci Antonini Pii Germanici Sarmatici nepos diui Antonini Pii pronepos diui Hadriani adnepos diui Traiani Parthici et diui Neruae adnepos Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurellius Antoninus Pius Augustus Parthicus maximus Britannicus maximus Germanicus maximus pontifex maximus tribuniciae potestatis decemnouies imperator ter consul quater pater patriae proconsul perfici curauit

The emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, greatest victor in Britannia, chief priest, holding tribunician power for the eighteenth time, acclaimed victor twelve times, consul three times, father of the country, proconsul, began and substantially completed 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.

The text is identical with that of 427 from the exterior of the Basilica, and 1018