476. Dedication to Valentinian II

Description:
Marble base c. 1.2 
Text:
Inscribed on two faces, see also 595. 
Letters:
No description 
Date:
A.D. 378 (prosopography) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1731). 
Bibliography:
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VIII:12 and p. 921; = 22671. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.  
Text constituted from:
Previous publications. 
Diuina stirpe progenito
d(omino) n(ostro) fortissimo principi
Valentiniano uictori Pio
Felici ac triumphatori
5semper Augusto
Flauius Benedictus u(ir) p(erfectissimus)
pr(a)eses prouinciae
Tripolitanae numini
maiestatique eius
10semper deuotus
DIVINASTIRPEPROGENITO
DNFORTISSIMOPRINCIPI
VALENTINIANOVICTORIPIO
FELICIACTRIVMPHATORI
5SEMPERAVGVSTO
FLAVIVSBENEDICTVSVP
PRESESPROVINCIAE
TRIPOLITANAENVMINI
MAIESTATIQVEEIVS
10SEMPERDEVOTVS
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Diuina
stirpe
progenito
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
omino
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ostro
</ex>
</expan>
fortissimo
principi
<lb n="3" />
Valentiniano
uictori
Pio
<lb n="4" />
Felici
ac
triumphatori
<lb n="5" />
semper
Augusto
<lb n="6" />
Flauius
Benedictus
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
ir
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
erfectissimus
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
pr
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
eses
</abbr>
</expan>
prouinciae
<lb n="8" />
Tripolitanae
numini
<lb n="9" />
maiestatique
eius
<lb n="10" />
semper
deuotus
</ab>

Translation:

To one born of divine stock, our lord, most courageous emperor Valentinian, victor, Pius, Felix and triumphator, always Augustus; Flavius Benedictus, most excellent man (of equestrian status), governor of the province of Tripolitania, always devoted to his divine power and majesty,( set this up).

Commentary:

l. 5. Valentinian Junior 375-392.

l. 6. Fl. Vivius Benedictus, PW III, 271, also in 571 11. 1-2; 103. Praeses in 378.

Photographs:
none.

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