Lepcis Magna: Texts

Inscription for Septimia Polla (IRT 607)

Lepcis Magna:Phoenician colony, later part of the Carthaginian empire, the kingdom of Massinissa, and the Roman empire. Its most famous son was the emperor Septimius Severus (193-211).

History

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Literary Texts:

The foundation of Lepcis (Sallustius, History of the Jugurthine War, 78)
The Philaeni (Sallustius, History of the Jugurthine War, 79)
War between Oea and Lepcis (Tacitus, Histories, 4.50)
Transsaharan Expeditions (Ptolemy, Geography, 1.4.6)
Libyan raids (Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History, 28.6)

Inscriptions

IRT:
J.M. Reynolds & J.B. Ward Perkins, Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania (1952 London)

IRT 273	Dedication to the Di Augusti
IRT 275	Museum, dedication "to the gods of Lepcis Magna"
IRT 282	Severan Forum, dedication "to the genius of Lepcis"
IRT 295	Old Forum, dedication to Liber Pater
IRT 299	Street near Theater, dedication to Eshnum
IRT 300	Old Forum, dedication to Vespasian
IRT 301	Dedication to Cornelius Cossus Lentulus
IRT 308	Cardo, dedication to Augusta Salutaris
IRT 315	Museum, dedication to Venus
IRT 316	Dedication to Antoninus Pius
IRT 318	Theater, dedication to Domitian
IRT 319	Dedication of the Macellum by Annobal Tapapius Rufus
IRT 321	Theater, Annobal Rufus
IRT 322	Theater, Annobal Rufus
IRT 323	Theater, Annobal Rufus
IRT 330, 331	Arch of Tiberius
IRT 335	Temple of Augustus, dedication to Drusus the Younger
IRT 338	Dedication of a portico by Gaius, son of Anno
IRT 342	Near Byzantine Gate, dedication to Vespasian
IRT 346	Extremely long inscription
IRT 353	Arch of Trajan
IRT 357	Dedication of an aqueduct
IRT 358	Dedication of a water basin in the theater
IRT 359	Dedication of a fountain near the theater
IRT 361	Hadrianic Baths, foundation inscription
IRT 376	Theater, dedication to Antoninus Pius
IRT 381	Cardo, dedication to Lucius Verus
IRT 390	Old Forum, dedication to Septimius Severus
IRT 391	Theater, dedication to Septimius Severus
IRT 392	Theater, dedication to Septimius Severus
IRT 393	Hadrianic Baths, dedication to Septimius Severus
IRT 396	Hadrianic Baths, restoration
IRT 403	Theater, dedication to Julia Domna
IRT 405	Theater, dedication to Julia Domna
IRT 412	Dedication to Septimius Severus, grandfather of the emperor
IRT 419	Old Forum, dedication to Caracalla
IRT 422	Theater, dedication to Caracalla
IRT 428	Main inscription Severan Basilica
IRT 434	Theater, dedication to Geta (erasure)
IRT 456	Severan Forum, dedication to Gallienus
IRT 468	Macellum, repairs by Constantine I the Great
IRT 471	Severan Forum, dedication to Constantius II
IRT 472	Severan Forum, dedication to Valentinian and Valens
IRT 478	Severan Forum, dedication to Arcadius
IRT 479	Severan Forum, dedication to Honorius
IRT 481	Bilingual dedication by Caecilius Diodorus
IRT 521	Theater, tribunal
IRT 522	Severan Forum, honors to a man named Claudius
IRT 531	Dedication to Gavius Macer
IRT 534	Theater, stage structures
IRT 541	Dedication to Publius Septimius Geta
IRT 543	Repairs to the Basilica Ulpia
IRT 590	Macellum, names of two aediles
IRT 599	Hadrianic Baths, dedication to Iuttaph Domitius, suffete
IRT 601	Curia
IRT 603	Macellum, dedication to Porfyrius
IRT 605	Old Forum, dedication to Augustus
IRT 607	Plaza, dedication to Polla
IRT 628	Macellum, damnatio memoriae
IRT 641	Old Forum, dedication to Flavia Pia
IRT 707	Dedication temple Apollo
IRT 718	Hadrianic Baths, damaged text
IRT 739	Cardo, dedication to Scipio
IRT 930	Cardo, milestone
IRT s4	Museum, dedication to Neptune
AE 1967, 536	Arch of Marcus Aurelius
AE 1968, 549	Amphitheater

Tombstone of Q. Geminius. Museum of Lepcis Magna (Libya). Photo Marco Prins.

Tombstone of Q. Geminius Celsus, soldier of the Third legion Augusta, the military unit that was responsible for defending this sector of the Roman frontier.

Q. GEMINIVS
CELSVS MILes
LEGionis III AVGvstae VIXit
ANNIS XLV STIpendiorvm
XVIII ALAPI CO-
NTIBERNALI FECERvnt

Quintus Geminius
Celsus, soldier
of the Third legion Augusta, lived
45 years and served
18 years. His friends
of the Alapus platoon erected this.

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