Base for statue of Valentinian I or Valens, emperors (with LSA-2156). Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). 364-367.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum, northeast part of piazza
Current Location:
Where found
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
155
Width(cm):
47
Depth(cm):
76
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Valentinian I or Valens
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Antonius Draconius, vicarius
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
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, 329-331, no. 9, figs. 7.19, 10.11, pl. XXV
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, 472
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Iustitia pariter ac / pietate caelestibus adq(ue) /Romanae felicitatis perpe/tuis fundatoribus, dd(ominis) nn(ostris) /(5) Valentiniano et Valenti / victoriosissimis principi/bus ac totius orbis Augg(ustis), / Antonius Dracontius v(ir) c(larissimus), / ag(ens) vic(es) praef(ectorum) praetorio per /(10) Africanas provincias, ni/mini (sic, for 'numini') et maiestati eorum / semper dicatissimus. (ivy leaf)
Trans:
'To [rulers] equally celestial in justice as in piety, and perpetual founders of Roman happiness, our lords Valentinianus and Valens, most victorious princes and Augusti of the entire world. Antonius Draconius, of clarissimus rank, acting as vicar of the praetorian prefect for the provinces of Africa, always most dedicated to their divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].'
