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LSA-1215 Dedication, perhaps of statue, to Apollo Belenus, by emperors Diocletian and Maximian. Aquileia (Venetia et Histria). 286-305








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Aquileia Province: Venetia et Histria Region: Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details: Found re-used in private house on modern via delle Vergini
Current Location: Museo Archeologico, Aquileia, inv. no. 82
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 51 Width(cm): 41 Depth(cm): 29
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Apollo Belenus Position: Deities Gender: Male
Awarder: Diocletian and Maximian Position: Emperors
DATE
Earliest: 286 Latest : 305
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , V, 732

Brusin, G., Inscriptiones Aquileiae, vol. I-III, Udine 1991-1993, I, 127
INSCRIPTION
Text: [Apollini] Beleno, / [imperatore]s Caesares, / [C(aius) Aur(elius) Val(erius) D]iocletianus et / [M(arcus) Aur(elius) Val(erius) M]aximianus, /(5) [p(ii), f(elices), invi]cti Augg(usti), / [lib(entes) animo] dedicaverunt.
 Trans: To Apollo Belenus, the emperors Caesars, Caius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus and Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augusti, with a joyful disposition, dedicated [this].
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