Honours for T. Flavius Frontinus HeracliusJ. M. ReynoldsJ. B. Ward-Perkins
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Republished from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British
School at Rome, 1952.
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Description of Monument
Moulded base of marble
(0.731.550.70).
Description of Text
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, 0.350.71);
the first word is cut above the die.
Description of Letters
Fourth century A.D. capitals: 0.03-0.04.
Date
Fourth century A.D. (lettering).
Locations
Lepcis Magna:
Forum Severianum, East Portico.
Unknown
Findspot
Bibliography
Bartoccini, II:48, 1929:2.
Text constituted from
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
Text
HeracliiBenignissimouiroprincipaliprudentissimoetintegirrimoTitoFlauioFrontinoHeracliouiroperfectissimoaugurisacerdotiLaurentiumLabinatiumIIuiroobdiuersarumuoluptatumexhibitionesadqueadmirabilemludorumeditionemamoremqueincomparabileminpatriametciuessuossufragioquietissimipopulietdecretosplendidissimiordinis
Apparatus
sufragiosic
Translation
In honour of Heraclius. To a most benign man, a leading citizen most prudent and upright, Titus Flavius Frontinus Heraclius, excellent man of equestrian status, augur, priest of the Laurentes of Lavinas, duumvir, on account of his exhibitions of a variety of pleasurable shows, the admirable public games that he organised and his incomparable love for his fatherland and fellow citizens; erected by a vote of the most peaceful people and a decree of the most splendid city council.
Commentary
l. 4. T. Flauius Frontinus Heraclius. PIR (2) F 274(a) ; also in 595, ll. 6-7. For other members of his family see 567, 568.