Base for statue of Arcadius, emperor (pair with LSA-2161). Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). 394, 396, or 402
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum, in front of southern colonnade
Current Location:
in situ
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
145
Width(cm):
65
Depth(cm):
65
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Arcadius
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
People of Lepcis (Lepcitani)
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
394
Latest :
402
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 336-7, no. 14, figs. 7.17, 10.16, pl. VI
Reynolds, J. M. & J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania. In collaboration with S. Aurigemma, R. Bartoccini, G. Caputo, R. Goodchild, P. Romanelli, Roma 1952, no. 478
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Toto orbe / pacifico / consuli, / d(omino) n(ostro) Flavio /(5) Arcadio, / pio, felici, / victori ac / triumfato/ri, semper /(10) Augusto; / Lepcitani, devoti num(ini) / maiestatiq(ue) eius.
Trans:
To the consul who brings peace in the whole world, our lord Flavius Arcadius, pious, fortunate, victorious and triumphant, forever Augustus. The people of Lepcis (Lepcitani), devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
