Lost inscription for statue of Valentinian II, emperor, re-using LSA-2201. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). circa 378.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum
Current Location:
Recorded in 1694 and 1731, now lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Valentinian II
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Flavius Vivius Benedictus, governor (praeses) of Tripolitania
Position:
Provincial Governors
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, 334, no. 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, no. 476
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Divina stirpe progenito, / d(omino) n(ostro), fortissimo principi, / Valentiniano, victori, pio, / felici ac triumphatori, /(5) semper Augusto; / Fl(avius) Vivius Benedictus, v(ir) p(erfectissimus), / pr(a)eses provinciae / Tripolitanae, numini / maiestatique eius /(10) semper devotus.
Trans:
To our lord, born of divine stock, the most powerful emperor Valentinianus, victor, pious, fortunate and triumphant, forever Augustus. Flavius Vivius Benedictus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Tripolitania, always devote to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
