Qasr el-Azraq, Road building inscription from the age of Aurelian
											
			
Description  | Qasr el-Azraq, Road building inscription from the age of Aurelian | 
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			[...] 
			[...] per mil(ites) fortiss(imos) suos 
			legg(ionum) XI Kl(audiae) et VII Kl(audiae) 
			et I Ital(icae) et IIII Fl(aviae) et 
			I Ill(yricorum) praetensione 
			co(l)licata mil(itibus) suis ex 
			leg(ione) III Kyr(enaicae). A Bostra 
			D(!)asianis mil(ia passuum) XVI et 
			a Basienis Amat(a) XXXII et ab Amata Dumata 
			m(ilia passuum) CCVIII 
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			 [The emperor Aurelian ...] 
			[... had this built] 
			[...] by his strongest soldiers 
			from the legions XI Claudia, VII Claudia, 
			I Italica, IIII Flavia, and 
			I Illyricorum, when they were in the field 
			united with his soldiers from 
			legion III Cyrenaica. From Bostra 
			to Basienis 16 miles, 
			from Basienis to Amata 32 and from Amata to Dumata 
			208 miles. 
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Date  | 273 CE  | 
Inscriptionnr  | EDCS-07400693  | 
Creator  | Jona Lendering  | 
Licence  | CC0 1.0 Universal  | 
Linked  | Basienis (Qasr el-Azraq), Legio I Illyricorum, Legio I Italica, Legio III Cyrenaica, Legio IIII Flavia Felix, Legio VII Claudia Pia Fidelis  | 
Categories  | Roman Empire  | 
Tags  | Inscription  | 
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