Fragmentary base for statue of Flavius Vivius Benedictus, governor of Tripolitania. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). 378.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum, in the apse which connects to the Basilica
Current Location:
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
82.3
Width(cm):
63
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Flavius Vivius Benedictus, governor of Tripolitania
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of Lepcis Magna
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
378
Latest :
378
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 395-7, no. 42, figs. 7.15, 10.49, pl. XV
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. 571
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[Be]nedictii v(iri) p(erfectissimi), / [ded]icata die VI(?) Idum Iuniarum (vac. c.4) dd(ominis) nn(ostris) Valente VI et / Valentiniano II Augg(ustis) conss(ulibus). / [Fl(avio)] Vivi[o Be]nedi[cto] /(5) [v(iro) p(erfectissimo), p]raesidi pro[v(inciae) Trip(olitanae)], / te[n]aci iustitia[e, in]/terpraeti (sic, for 'interpreti') iur[is, i]nno/centium [f]autori, /(9) vindici liber[t]atis, no/xiorum omniu[m] percus/sori, (vac. c. 2) ordo splen(didissimus) [ci]vit(atis) / Lepcimag[nensium - - -] / no +[- - -] / [- - -]PO+GAV[- - -] /(15) [- - -]DIGNETPATR+++[- - -].
Trans:
'Statue of) Benedictus, of perfectissimus rank. Dedicated on the sixth(?) day of the Ides of June in the consulship of our lords the Augusti, Valens for the sixth time and Valentinian for the second time. To Flavius Benedictus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Tripolitania; steady in justice, interpreter of the law, supporter of the innocent, vindicator of freedom, punisher of all evils. The most splendid council (ordo) of the city of Lepcis Magna … to the patron(?) … .
