Lepcis Magna Theatre Inscription
Title
Lepcis Magna Theatre Inscription
Subject
Lepcis Magna Theatre Inscription
Description
As a form of patronage, theatres were often renovated in the name of emperors, their family, or other importnat officials. To commemorate this, inscriptions would be set up inside the structure. This inscription indicating the dedication of Emperor Spetimus Severus in 200CE reads:
To emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus Maximus, pontifex maximus, vested with the tribunician power for the eighth time, eleven times proclaimed imperator, twice consul, father of the fatherland, proconsul, Marcus Junius Punicus, procurator sexagenarius of the province Thrace and procurator centenarius of Alexandria ad Mercurium.
(Trans. Marco Prins)
To emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus Maximus, pontifex maximus, vested with the tribunician power for the eighth time, eleven times proclaimed imperator, twice consul, father of the fatherland, proconsul, Marcus Junius Punicus, procurator sexagenarius of the province Thrace and procurator centenarius of Alexandria ad Mercurium.
(Trans. Marco Prins)
Creator
Marco Prins
Source
http://www.livius.org/pictures/libya/lepcis-magna/lepcis-magna-theater/lepcis-theater-dedication-to-severus-2/
Date
2017
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International
Files
Collection
Reference
Marco Prins, Lepcis Magna Theatre Inscription, 2017
Cite As
Marco Prins, “Lepcis Magna Theatre Inscription,” Living Late Antiquity, accessed April 26, 2024, https://livinglateantiquity.org/items/show/185.