Base for statue of unknown vicar (Antonius Dracontius?). Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). Probably 364-367.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum, in the first <i>taberna</i> north of the apse which connects to the Basilica
Current Location:
Where found
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for marble statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
40
Width(cm):
46
Depth(cm):
43
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
A vicarius, name lost (perhaps Antonius Dracontius)
Position:
Civilian Imperial Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) and people (populus) of Lepcis Magna
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
364
Latest :
367
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 356-8, no. 26, fig. 10.29, pl. VIII
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. 558
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[- - - - - -] / c(larissimo) v(iro) ag(enti) vic(es) praef(ectorum) praet(orio) per / Africanas provincias / (3) Lepcimagnensis ordo et po/pulus ut incomparabilium be/neficiorum eius memoria eti/am ad posteros mitteretur / praeter kospitalem tesseram / etiam statuam marmoream / constituendam esse duxerunt ut /(10) servati moderatione iudicior(um) eius / ac multis tempestat[ibus -10?]/to+++[- 25? -] / - - - - - -
Trans:
To …, of clarissimus rank, acting in the place of the praetorian prefects for the African provinces; the council and the people (ordo et populus) of Lepcis Magna, in order that the memory of his incomparable benefactions be passed down also to future generations, believed that in addition to the tesserae of hospitality also a marble statue had to be set up; they were saved by the moderation of his judgements and on many occasions … .
