Base for statue of Valens or Valentinian I, emperors (with LSA-2155). 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 the square
Current Location:
Where found
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
140
Width(cm):
75
Depth(cm):
62
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, 331-2, no. 10, figs. 7.23, 8.12, 10.12
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, 473
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Iustitia pariter ac / pietate caelestibus ad/que Romanae felicitatis / perpetuis fundatorib(us), dd(ominis) /(5) nn(ostris) Valentiniano et Valen/ti, victoriosissimis prin/cipibus ac totius orbis /(8) Augg(ustis); Antonius Dracon/tius v(ir) c(larissimus), ag(ens) vic(es) praef(ectorum) praeto/rio per Africanas provin/cias, numini et maiestati /(12) eorum semper dicatissi/mus.
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 Dracontius, 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].